Field Notes (Blog)
Posts from January 2009
Noted on January 27, 2009 | By Natanya in
Casa de la Mujer (House of the Woman) is a new IE3 internship site in Oaxaca, Mexico. A position description will be posted soon. The first IE3 intern, Katie Hulse, is working at Casa de la Mujer this term (winter 2009).
by Lisa Anderson | Pulse reporter PUBLISHED ON 1/26/09 Oregon Daily Emerald - The Independent Student Newspaper of the University of Oregon
In Oaxaca City, Mexico, female activists stood at the forefront of a rioting teachers' movement. It was August of 2006 and a tumultuous time for University representatives to pay a visit. Still, they came to collaborate on…
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Noted on January 27, 2009 | By Michele Justice in
From Margaret O'Neill, intern at the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland:
"Last night was amazing...people here in Edinburgh had been talking all day about watching the Inaugural speeches. So a group of about 12 MSP's [Members of the Scottish Parliament], their Aides, and some Interns gathered at the Member's Club here in the Parliament House at 5PM, ordered drinks, and watched President Obama give his speech. I find it so interesting at how informed the Scottish people are with American politics. They are very interested in and supportive of President Obama. Every single Scottish person I've spoken to…
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Noted on January 26, 2009 | By Natanya in
Maggie Davis received an IE3 scholarship to intern winter term in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with Casa de los Angeles. Maggie checks in after the first two weeks, having learned about, and been inspired by, the people in the organization.
My first week at the Casa de los Angeles has been great with new sites, wonderful people and the charming town of San Miguel de Allende, a place where you are forced to slow down and enjoy the moment. For an overworked college student this has been a real treat. Another volunteer at the center, Amanda,…
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Brian Moore received an IE3 scholarship to intern in South Africa with Table Mountain Marine Team. He reports in on the highlights, and challenges, of adjusting on his first trip to Africa.
So I’m done with the first week and it has been a hard one. The long flight was brutal. I have never flown in a plane for such a long time, but when we finally got to Cape Town I was so excited. There were some things that sort of scared me on my first few days here. One is that every…
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Noted on January 22, 2009 | By Natanya in
Tuula Rebhahn spent fall term on a farm in Western India working with sustainable agriculture. As part of her internship with Vanastree she attended an Organic Farming conference in Bangalore - and ponders whether there is any solution to the challenges facing India's rural populations.
My 10-hour bus journey to Bangalore is actually quite comfortable thanks to the marvel of sleeper busses. After a month of cramming in dilapidated local busses to get back and forth to my host organization’s office in rural Karnataka, the sleeper bus’s narrow bunks seem incredibly spacious. The privacy…
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