Expanding empathy towards biodiversity: My trip to Paraguay
By David Norman. Field Program Professor 4 min read This past month of December I spent 20 days in Paraguay, a country where I had worked in the early 1980s with the national biological inventory project, and where I gathered my data for my master’s…
Expanding empathy towards biodiversity: My trip to Paraguay
By David Norman. Field Program Professor Edited by admin 3 min read Last December I spent 20 days in Paraguay, a country where I had worked in the early 1980s. I also gathered my data for my master’s thesis in 1985. I went to put…
Mascaradas: A Colorful Tradition in Costa Rica
By Diane Román Some days ago, our University of Michigan group visited a Mascarada workshop in Escazú, a community close to San José downtown. “Mascaradas” are a tradition in Costa Rica. It consists of masks made of paper bigger than a person’s head. Those masks…
Fresh, Delicious and Cheap Products: Visiting Local Markets in Costa Rica
By: Diane Román It’s Sunday and many people wake up very early. They want to get fresh fruit and vegetables for their weekly meals. Every weekend, many Costa Rican farmers sell their products in local fairs on the street. In these fairs, which are called…
Great reasons to learn Spanish in Costa Rica
By Gabriela García, ICADS Spanish Coordinator 2 min read Gaby García, our Spanish coordinator, shares with us 10 reasons why you should come to Cost Rica and learn this amazing language here! # 10 Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has had the reputation of being…
What An Internship Is Not
Internship ≠ “Time-Out” Although an internship is often pursued outside of the college campus setting, it should not be viewed as “time-out” from school to go to work. An internship is first of all a learning experience. Some people learn more effectively by “doing,” and…
My First Days in Costa Rica: Marie MacDonald’s Experience
By Marie MacDonald 2 min read Every day, I am still in disbelief that my paths have finally led me to both live and work in Costa Rica. I have wanted to come to Costa Rica for many years now, making it one of my…
Dialogues that legitimize violence against women: Part 2
By Kattia Castro This article is a continuation of our last post. Read it at: www… The second event that I want to analyze took place on October 29, in the community of Sonafluca in La Fortuna de San Carlos. On that day, Crisley Martínez…
Dialogues that legitimize violence against women: Part 1
By Kattia Castro In the framework of the 25th of November, in which we demand the cessation of violence against women, I propose in this article to give evidence toward the prevalence of significantly pernicious imaginaries related to the normalization of violence, which impedes it…
What We Did in Nicaragua: Spring 2018
By: Diane Román As part of our semester programs, students spend a week in Nicaragua. This year, I had the chance to go with them and visit this country for the first time. It took us 11 hours to get to the capital, Managua. As…