Course: GRS 195

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Tues: Jan. 26th at 4:00pm Boulder Society Room, Davis Center

 Wed: Feb. 3rd at 12:30pm SGA Presidential Conference Room, Davis Center

Mon: Feb 8th at 12:00 noon Boulder Society Room, Davis Center

Thurs: Feb. 18th at 1:00pm Boulder Society Room, Davis Center

 Contact:                                    Daniel.Bentil@uvm.edu               (802) 656-3832

Eating a Traditional Meal

Designing "Batik" Cloth

At the Beach

The Program:  This is a program in discovery. It seeks to offer a platform for students to acquaint themselves with the broad tenets of the Ghanaian culture (including food, music, dance, religion, modes of communication, traditional authority, and local language usage), history (focusing on slavery, colonialism and contemporary politics) and technology (achievement in science, engineering and resource management and utilization). Based on an inter-disciplinary approach, the program will combine participation in cultural activities, travel to relevant historical, cultural and technological sites with local language learning and formal seminar presentations on selected topics, in order to actualize its broad aims of bringing American students close to an ethnogeographic understanding of a relatively less known Ghanaian culture, its heritage and reality. Resource persons will include Professors from the University of Cape Coast, University of Science and Technology, University of Development Studies, and the University of Ghana. Other participants will include traditional rulers, tour guides, and practitioners from technical, educational, governmental and non-governmental agencies. The program is open to students who wish to be challenged in ways that are creative in a supportive and stimulating environment. The program will allow room for self-refection, and a project work. A major objective, here, is to provide an interdisciplinary program that opens possibilities for American students to appreciate the complexities of the ideologies that guide the diurnal practices of the people of present day Ghana. The program is interactive. Participants will be expected to become part of the planned activities. The program’s language component will cover topics, such as ‘self-introduction,’ ‘greeting and leave-taking’, and ‘shopping.’ The formal lectures on aspects of the local culture (women, politics, religion, the arts, etc.) and its implication on technological advancement will set a context for participants to make meaning out of their experiences with the wider cultural context. The program’s site visits, lectures, and activities will provide such a context that should augment participants’ own perspective, if any, about Ghana’s historical, cultural and technological heritage Suggested Readings: Anquandah, Kwesi J. Castles and Forts of Ghana Paris: Atalante, 1999.  Azevedo, Mario, ed. African Studies: A Survey of Africa and the African Diaspora Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 1993 (chapters 1 &2) Mann, Kristin & Bay, Edna G. eds. Rethinking the African Diaspora London: Frank Cass 2001 (selected readings)  Olaniyan, Richard, ed. African History and Culture Lagos, Longman Nigeria 1982 Program Costs             Program Fee: $1900. Items included in this fee: Room and board (breakfast and lunch) All trips and excursions (see map) Students are responsible for the following items: Round-trip airfare (JFK-ACC-JFK is approx. $1,700) Tuition: 3 Credits Passport, and Single-entry visa for Ghana (approximately $50) Vaccinations and anti-malaria medicine Personal entertainment in Ghana Medical Insurance All participants must have medical coverage. Please contact the Office of International Education (OIE) for further details. Contacts for Further Information For more information, please contact UVM Continuing Education (Worldwide Travel), Summer Courses - Travel and Faculty-Led Programs Abroad or contact Daniel.Bentil@uvm.edu (802-656-3832).