Food, Sovereignty, and Development: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Geographies of Food and Development in Cuenca, Ecuador

Autor/inn/en	Walsh-Dilley, Marygold; Vaquera-Vasquez, Santiago
Titel	Food, Sovereignty, and Development: An Interdisciplinary Examination of the Geographies of Food and Development in Cuenca, Ecuador
Quelle	In: Geography Teacher, 18 (2021) 3-4, S.134-137 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1933 8341
DOI	10.1080/19338341.2021.1931925
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Study Abroad; College Students; Cultural Awareness; Human Geography; Geography Instruction; Spanish; Second Language Learning; Writing (Composition); Experiential Learning; Field Trips; Summer Programs; Student Attitudes; Ecuador; New Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Collegestudent; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Humangeografie; Geography education; Geography lessons; Geografieunterricht; Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Schreibübung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Exkursion; Sommerkurs; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Offered through the Honors College at the University of New Mexico, Conexiones-Ecuador is an explicitly interdisciplinary study abroad program around the theme of "Food, Sovereignty, and Development." In an immersive language and cultural studies experience, students live with host families, take Spanish language classes at the Universidad de Cuenca, and participate in interconnected courses on the geography of food and food writing. Directed by a cross-disciplinary team from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Conexiones-Ecuador program seeks to build curious, confident, self-directed adventurers who wish to immerse themselves in a cultural experience that they will carry through their lives. Food is a lens through which the students can explore many social and ecological issues in Ecuador, and there are ample opportunities for students to deepen their Spanish language capacities around the theme of food. Geography, because of its integration of social and ecological phenomenon, provides the flexibility for students to take advantage of all that the host country offers. Food writing further deepens the linguistic and communication skills of the students, as they are challenged to ask probing questions and articulate complex ideas in eloquent prose. The Conexiones-Ecuador program is intensive and ambitious, and the blending of disciplines and the grounding in real-world experiences promotes the buzzing synergies of complex cross-cultural learning. (ERIC).
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Update	2024/1/01