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

San José & field sites, Costa Rica

Ivelina Romagosa Jiménez

Area of expertise

Socio-cultural anthropology

Degrees

  • B.S. in Social Anthropology, University of Costa Rica-UCR
  • M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, University at Albany, SUNY

Potential student research areas

  • Community conservation and development
  • Local tourism and sociocultural change
  • Oral histories and education
  • Organized groups and community development
  • Social groups of interest: black, indigenous, migrants, peasants, women

Biography

Ivelina has worked as an applied anthropologist in development projects, with indigenous and rural organizations in various governmental and state institutions.  From 2001-2003, worked with the Boruca – now the Diquís Hydroelectric Project – of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute in community negotiation actions. She conducted fieldwork in rural communities and among indigenous peoples in Southern Costa Rica. Ms. Romagosa has taught basic and applied Anthropology at the University of Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, and Universidad Estatal a Distancia. Ms. Romagosa has taught social research techniques to University of Costa Rica students in the South Caribbean region of Costa Rica.

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

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John Guittar As a youngish college student with no international experience and a poor track record in Spanish class, I signed up for an ACM semester in Costa Rica eager for a vaguely alien adventure to broaden my horizons. The ACM spring semester program in Costa Rica is unique in that it gives students like me ample freedom to explore a new country on our own terms, while still demanding enough structure and self-accountability to ensure that the semester is productive and successful. My experience studying Scarlet Macaw nesting on the Osa Peninsula was foundational to my future: it led to a peer-reviewed publication, and prepared me for three years of public service and science in Belize, Namibia, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Mojave Desert. Now, as a student at University of Michigan, my Spanish language skills and tropical fieldwork experience will again serve me as I pursue a PhD on the evolution of tropical tree communities in Ecuador. Many thanks, ACM.

—John Guittar, Costa Rica, Spring 2006

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