Guatemala Field School: Global Community Engagement

Interdisiplinary Field School in Global Community Engagement: Pathologies of Power in Guatemala

This course was open to students of all majors and disciplinary backgrounds. It was of particular interest to students who wanted to learn more about global human rights, strategies of community activism and resistance, North-South solidarity politics, corporate accountability, criminal justice, environmental issues and natural resource management, and international development. 

The first two weeks of the course (held on the University of Guelph campus) were an in-class overview of Guatemala, both historical and current, with a special focus on the issues mentioned above. The following two weeks were an educational-seminar in Guatemala, travelling extensively together to many regions and communities in order to witness and learn more about the issues that are the focus of this course. During the final segment of the course, back on the U of G campus, students prepared final projects in the form of community presentations, short films, photo exhibits or other creative format intended for public dissemination.

Field School Details

  • Instructor: Dr. Candace Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship
  • Semester Dates (tentative): May 11 - June 19th 2015 (6 weeks), Summer Semester 2015
  • Credits: 1.0 UG credits
  • Course Code: Students will receive a third year University of Guelph credits, code TBA. 

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