Summer field school in Bolivia
Update, Feb. 14, 2012: The field school in Bolivia is no longer being offered. We expect to have information about a new field school in U.S. soon.
Now in its ninth year, the Field Methods in Bolivia training program takes place among the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society of farmers and foragers in Bolivia. The field school is directed by Ricardo Godoy (Brandeis). Training lasts five weeks (June 3 – July 7, 2012) and focuses on methods to collect ecological, demographic, economic, cognitive, anthropometric, and health data. The training builds on and is informed by the Tsimane’ Amazonian Panel Study (TAPS), a panel study in progress since 1999 to understand the consequences of market exposure for the Tsimane’. Instructors for the 2012 program include V. Reyes-García (Brandeis and Barcelona), R. Godoy (Brandeis), C. Nyberg (UMass-Boston) and S. Tanner (Georgia).
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