The charismatic David Haines, Mathematics Professor from Bates College who is leading a program to CBB Quito in Fall 2000. He is pictured here with two students from the Fall 1999 program.
All courses are in English with the exception of the Spanish language course.
Some Spanish language study is highly recommended. For detailed information on the program, click here . Throughout its history, anthropology has been committed to and active in maintaining the rights of indigenous peoples against the disruptive effects of colonization, globalization, nation-state power, racist ideologies, assimilation, environmental destruction, and industrial resource appropriation. Upon this comparative background the course then moves toward an intensive focus on Ecuadorean indigenous peoples enduring, recent, and emerging issues, strategies, successes, and challenges for gaining recognition of their rights. Jaimes, A., editor.