OSEA Field School, MIRA Project 2006 Multimedia Interdisciplinary Research in Anthropology A collaborative and comparative study of tourism
destinations and cultures
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
June 25
June 26
June 27 Travel Day – Arrival in Mérida
June 28 Mérida Orientation & Seminar Starts
June 29 Mérida Seminar & Reading
June 30 Mérida Election Workshop Seminar & Reading
July 1 Mérida Election Workshop Seminar & Reading
July 2 Mérida Election Workshop
July 3 Mérida “Weekend”
July 4 Mérida “Weekend” Dance Santiago Park 7pm
July 5 Mérida seminar 4 hrs reading 4 hrs
July 6 Mérida seminar 3 hrs, study 4 hrs Sta. Lucia Fldwrk, 7-10
pm
July 7 Mérida seminar 3 hrs, study 3 hrs
July 8 Mérida (Progresso Half Day) study 6 hrs, Dance Fieldwork
July 9 Mérida all day
July 10 Mérida “Weekend”
July 11 Mérida “Weekend”
July 12 Pisté
July 13 Pisté
July 14 Pisté
July 15 Pisté
July 16 Pisté
July 17 Pisté “Weekend”
July 18 Pisté “Weekend”
July 19 Pisté Fieldwork Workshop
July 20 Pisté
July 21 Pisté
July 22 Playa
July 23 Playa
July 24 Playa
July 25 Playa
26 Playa
July 27 Playa
July 28 Riviera break/free
July 29 Riviera break/free
July 30 Riviera break/free
July 31 Riviera break/free
Aug 1 Mérida
Aug 2 Mérida
Aug 3 Mérida
Aug 4 Mérida
Aug 5 Mérida
Aug 6 Mérida “Weekend”
Aug 7 Mérida
Aug 8 Mérida finalize projects
Aug 9 Mérida finalize projects
Aug 10 Mérida finalize projects
Aug 11 Mérida finalize projects
12 OSEA Closes Student departures
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
NOTES: Color-Codes. Orange/Tan indicates overnight in Mérida;
Fuchsia Lite indicates overnight in Pisté; Light Blue indicates
Playa del Carmen. "Weekends" are not often held on Sundays
and Saturdays but are free and independent days; weekend breakfast
and lunches are covered with group on site. Non-program (personal)
transportation is paid for by participant. 26 nights in Mérida,
6 nights in Playa del Carmen, 10 nights in Pisté. Evening meals
are covered out of pocket by the participant. Lodging on-site at research
locations are provided during week and weekend, except during the
four day program break.
Seminars = any formal seminar, class, or forum activity; study = any
independent reading, writing, labwork, or data processing; fieldwork
= any type of research activity, whether group or independent, whether
focused on special/scheduled or researcher-initiated event.
Program travel includes: Mérida to Playa, Playa to Pisté,
Pisté to Mérida, and Mérida to Pisté.
Activities during days marked by "finalize projects" are
on-site conducting lab work, data analysis, writing, and discussions
with MIRA members.
Departure travel from Pisté to airport at the closing of MIRA
is at student cost. Pickup at Mérida Airport is available with
advance arrangement.