YorkU Abroad - ANTH 3110

It's the last day of July! Who's on their way home?
Hope everyone has had or will have a safe journey back!

Still researching? Need to make sense of your notes? Try some different sources, like this open access journal.

http://aotcpress.com

Anthropology of this Century

Informed Consent Forms and building Rapport (the theme for class yesterday). This article shows how interviews and building rapport is always negotiated, and learning how to use Informed Consent forms is part of that process.

How did you find using these forms during your fieldwork?

http://savageminds.org/2007/08/10/using-informed-consent-forms-in-fieldwork/

Using informed consent forms in fieldwork I spent this July in Papua New Guinea. The trip was mostly pleasure -- to catch up with friends, talk with fellow academics and policy wonks, and of course to see my adopted family in Porgera. I di...

Time flies! It's the last week of the course. What do you do with all your fieldwork data?

This blog post has some helpful comments about software and researching that can help you organize your interviews, fieldnotes, and references so that writing your paper by August 15th will be a breeze!

http://thegeekanthropologist.com/2013/01/11/advice-for-students-5-creating-a-bibliography-or-database/

If you want to try some of the software mentioned by the author, download the free trial and post about how you liked/didn't like working with it!

Advice for students / 5: creating a bibliography or database During the course of your studies, you will spend countless hours reading and creating bibliographies and databases for your own classes and research or for a contract. Here is some advice of to he...

Graffiti is everywhere in Athens!
http://www.graffitishop.gr/

See if you can find some of these artists walking through the city:
http://anth3110.wordpress.com/2013/11/28/focus-on-athenian-graffiti-hubs/

The Graffiti Shop // Asimi 925 // 02 Melanthiou str. Athens . GReece

Progressive Art Cafes: "Booze Cooperativa"

http://youtu.be/BJGEUpr78rg

http://anth3110.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/focus-on-progressive-art-cafes/

Focus On: Progressive Art Cafés I am not strange. I am just not normal ~ Salvador Dali 3,987 coffees per month / 126 vodkas in the rain / 25 years in action a brain hub. tribes and nations in creative disruption. trend setters ...

It's almost departure time!

Just a quick reminder that your Project Proposals and Informed Consent Forms are due on June 25th.

10 Things to See and Do while in Athens
http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1942641_1942848,00.html

Athens: 10 Things to Do — Introduction - TIME Athens' naming rights were won, legend says, when Athena trumped Poseidon's proffered well with a gift of an olive tree. The city's devotion was worth winning. Always famously lively, Athens is...

Travel Advice and Advisories are available on this page. It also has some helpful contact information about how to find and call the Canadian Embassy, as well as some general tips to avoid pickpocketing.

http://travel.gc.ca/destinations/greece

Travel Advice and Advisories for Greece Country Travel Advice and Advisories from the Government of Canada

Like if you've booked your flight to Athens!

Here is another funding opportunity: if you are affiliated with LA&PS, check out the "International Study Abroad Award for Liberal Arts & Professional Studies."

"The Associate Dean, External Relations supports the initiative to create more global experiences for students. This award is for LA&PS students who require financial assistance to study or participate in international activities abroad as part of their academic programs."

Please refer to Othon Alexandrakis about the application procedure.

The application form and eligibility requirements are available on this page:
http://www.yorku.ca/laps/international/study_abroad_funding.html

York University ::: Associate Dean, External ::: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies The Associate Dean, External Relations supports the initiative to create more global experiences for students. This award is for LA&PS students who require financial assistance to study or participate in international activities abroad as part of their academic programs.

Here's one of the funding opportunities you can apply for to offset the costs of travel:

York International Mobility Award (Site Description):
"Students who have been selected to participate in a global learning initiative (i.e. summer abroad courses, exchanges, etc.) may be eligible to receive a York International Mobility Award (YIMA). This award assists students by offsetting some travel-related costs. Students demonstrating financial need will be given priority."

http://yorkinternational.yorku.ca/go-global/after-being-selected/scholarships/

Scholarships | York International ScholarshipsYork International Mobility Award (YIMA)DescriptionStudents who have been selected to participate in a global learning initiative (i.e. summer abroad courses, exchanges, etc.) may be eligible to receive a York International Mobility Award (YIMA). This award assists students by offsetting…