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FLAS Indigenous Language Courses June 1-July 20, 2018
Sponsored by Florida International University
University of Wisconsin at Madison
University of Pittsburgh
Highlight: A trip to the Yasuni National Park. We plan to record new Quichua origin stories and songs sung in response to the birds and animals we meet. Last year we saw 5 species of monkeys, peccaries, macaws, toucans, and much more.
Academic Year Distance Quichua
Summer FLAS Fellowships
•140 hours of instruction
•Over a period of 7 weeks
•Pre and post course testing assess progress toward the performance goals set forth in USDE IRIS testing instruments.
•Cost: $7500 (broken down as $5000 academic payment from the FLAS grant + $2500 board and room paid out of the stipend portion of the Fellowship).
•To be eligible for FLAS Fellowships applicants must be citizens or residents of the United States and enrolled in a graduate program (MA or PhD) of their choice. Students from FLAS Granting Universities should apply for FLAS Fellowships through their home universities. See FLAS granting institutions and application deadlines.
Students who are enrolled in non-FLAS granting institutions may apply through Florida International University or the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
(one of the Centers for Latin American Studies designated as FLAS granting National Resource Centers for Latin America listed below.
•Course held in a community where Kichwa is the dominant.
•132 FLAS Fellows from 36 universities have attended to date.
•Instructor CV (Tod Swanson)
• List of FLAS granting Centers for Latin American Studies and application deadlines
Contact: Tod Swanson at tod.dillon.swanson@gmail.com; Phone 480 361-9289 to indicate interest in applying.
Program site address in Ecuador: Kilometro 11 Via Ahuano, Municipio de Tena, Provincia de Napo, Ecuador.
Iyarina (Home of the Andes and Amazon Field School, by Jeff Swanson
Many of the resources on Amazonian language come from SIL/Wycliffe Bible Translators. Here is the late Billy Graham on their motives
Native Experts on Amazonian Culture and Environment.
Key to our learning experience are the group of high quality native experts on the forest, story tellers and artists in residence at the field school throughout the summer.
Graduate Student Networking
Perhaps the best resource we have are our graduate students. This is a chance to form lasting relationships with emerging leaders in the field of Amazonian Studies.