In The Absence of Language: Modeling a Transformative, Short-Term Abroad Experience

Authors

  • Gareth Barkin University of Puget Sound

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v4i1.356

Keywords:

Study abroad, Indonesia, Pedagogy, Short-term, Language

Abstract

This essay explores models for short-term, faculty-led study abroad in cases where language skills cannot be expected of students, focusing on issues of local immersion and relationship-building. It explicates three models undertaken by the author, detailing the strengths and weaknesses of common trip structures and related course outlines, and offers recommendations for successful trip modelling. It further explores the relationship between short-term abroad trips and cultural tourism, focusing on a model that allows students a pedagogical space to reflect critically on anthropological stereotypes. 

Author Biography

Gareth Barkin, University of Puget Sound

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Luce Professor of Muslim Societies in Southeast Asia

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Published

2015-04-11

Issue

Vol. 4 (2014): Learning by example

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Articles

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