Ethnographic Field School has Successful Summer

Bonnie Glass-Coffin, associate professor of anthropology in Utah State's Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, has returned from her third summer heading Utah State's Ethnographic Field School. Based in Huanchaco, Peru, 13 students participated in the program this summer.

 

Most of the students were undergraduates at Utah State majoring in anthropology, social work and political science. Some master's students were a part of the group, including Glass-Coffin's teaching assistant, Chad Balagna, an anthropology graduate in spring '04, who has been accepted into the master's degree folklore program at Utah State. A handful of students from other universities, including St. Mary's College of California, Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada, and University of Colorado at Boulder, joined the group.

 

"It was a wonderful field season," Glass-Coffin said.

 

Students completed ethnographic research projects in many different fields, including health care, social services, education, public administration, folklore, tourism and fine art. Students also engaged in a service learning opportunity at a local orphanage.

 

All of the student ethnographic research projects can be viewed online at www.usu.edu/anthro/peru.