[Discussion] Russian Field School Announcement

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*Circumpolar Ethnographic Field School *


Sponsor: University of Northern British Columbia

Contact Information
Dr. Michel Bouchard
Anthropology Program, UNBC
3333 University Way
Prince George BC V2N 4Z9 Canada
Phone: 250 960-5643
Email: _michel@unbc.ca_
URL _http://anthro.unbc.ca_

Description:

The University of Northern British Columbia, with the cooperation of
Syktyvkar State University, is offering a unique Circumpolar
Ethnographic Field School in 2005. Applications are welcome from all
interested students. Students will be registered for a full term (15
credits) of upper division coursework. Courses will include Russian
language, ethnographic methods, and an ethnographic project. Students
will acquire basic skills in ethnography while participating in an
actual research project. Participants will be under the supervision of
Canadian and Russian ethnographers and researchers. The first half of
the field school will be based in Syktyvkar and the Southern Komi
village of Kuratovo, where students will study the Russian language and
receive preliminary training in anthropological research methods. Later
in the summer, students will travel to the northern Izhma Komi
communities. The summer will conclude with a trip to the Russian tundra
to the north of the Arctic Circle where students will meet
reindeer-herding communities and will participate in the daily life of
indigenous communities in the Russian North. The field school will run
from May 14th to August 14th. Estimated cost for the participants is
approximately $6,500 (U.S.) and that includes airfare, accommodation,
food and tuition fees. The application deadline is February 27th, 2005
but we strongly encourage interested students to register ASAP.