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Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities

San José & field sites, Costa Rica

Links

General information

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinationCostaRica.aspx

http://www.who.int/countries/cri/en/

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/costa-rica/

LANIC -Comprehensive list of links in a wide variety of subject areas, from academic research to news to tourism. The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) is affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/cr/

Info Costa Rica www.infocostarica.com/

Costa Rica Map www.costaricamap.com/

World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cs.html

Current news and information

Tico Times- Weekly English-language newspaper, covering news, business, tourism and cultural developments in Costa Rica and Central America. www.ticotimes.net/

La Nacion- Spanish-language newspaper in San Jose, Costa Rica. www.nacion.co.cr/

Environment and research

CATIE - Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center, a regional center dedicated to research and graduate education in agriculture and the management, conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. http://www.catie.ac.cr/magazin.asp?CodIdioma=ESP

Costa Rican National Chamber of Tourism - National parks index, with brief information about each park. www.costarica.tourism.co.cr/mapindex.htm

Costa Rica: Field Research in the Environment, Social Sciences, & Humanities

Stephanie Jaros, Research Coordinator at Stanford University's Bipolar Disorders Clinic My ACM Costa Rica experience can best be summed up as inspirational. It was the first time I truly felt useful as a researcher, carrying out research that was bigger than me but somehow, made better by my hard work and by that of my team members. Also, I got my first true idea of just how research can go wrong and, in spite of the best-laid plans, can be taken off track by external forces. As a result, I learned the best lesson of social research- what I want to learn and what others want to teach me are often two different things, and the only way to make the best of it is to change my perspective, not that of those who are being kind enough to share their lives with me. The ACM Field Research Program is the only one I know of that truly challenges its students, and I managed to love every second of it.

—Stephanie Jaros, Research Coordinator at Stanford University's Bipolar Disorders Clinic, Costa Rica, Spring 1998

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