Power and Language in Ecuador – Abroad101’s Cool Program of the Week

Gain a unique perspective on intercultural relationships with SIT in Ecuador. Take a deep look at the relationship between power and discourse as the country’s multilingual and multiethnic populations strive for social change and sustainability.

On this program, you will study power and politics in Ecuador and consider how these discussions are shaped through different discourses. Because power and ideology are reproduced and challenged through language, you will also explore how different stakeholders in Ecuador have used both Spanish and indigenous languages to instill, reinforce, subvert, and reinvent power relationships, both historically and today. The program thus combines a political and economic focus with an emphasis on discourse and language. You will leave with a highly sophisticated understanding of how this small, bio-diverse, and multi-ethnic country is thinking about development.

To learn more or apply to this program please visit:

https://www.studyabroad101.com/programs/sit-study-abroad-euador-development-politics-and-languages

Peace and Conflict Studies – Abroad101 Cool Study Abroad Program of the Week!

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“True Learning” is how one student refers to this week’s cool program, SIT’s summer Peace and Conflict Studies in Uganda and Rwanda.  See first-hand the scars of war and genocide, examine the root causes of conflict and analyze measures to foster resettlement and reconciliation in the Lake Victoria region.

This program explores the social, political, and psy­chosocial processes that have shaped the emergence of conflict in the area. You will also exam­ine the measures that have been taken toward conflict mitigation, reconciliation, resettlement, and preven­tion in the region. The 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda and the conflict driven by Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda serve as primary case studies.

Major topics of study include:

– The history, contemporary politics, and role of the state in each conflict
– A theoretical framework and historical context in which to situate the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the emergence of the Lord’s Resis­tance Army (LRA) in the Acholi region of Uganda
– Measures that prevent and miti­gate conflict

To learn more or apply to this program please visit:

https://www.studyabroad101.com/programs/sit-study-abroad-uganda-rwanda-peace-and-conflict-studies-in-the-lake-victoria-basin-summer