This summer program is based in Salvador, Brazil. Over the course of four weeks students have the opportunity to explore Brazilian culture through numerous activities including their participation in carefully selected home-stays. This program is resident-based and in one-country. Students will take classes at a local college FSBA, Faculdade Social da Bahia, enjoy cultural activities, and participate in service-learning with local organizations.
The overall academic focus is one that emphasizes race, culture, and resistance in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The Afro-Brazilian culture course will be taught with readings and articles that represent an interdisciplinary perspective drawing on sociology, anthropology, political science and history. In this way, it should be attractive to students in a wide range of majors. Students will leave the course able to critique notions of Brazil's "racial democracy" while also articulating examples of what features contribute to Salvador's designation as the Afro-Brazilian cultural center of Brazil. Moreover, students will be encouraged to draw connections between Brazil and the U.S., focusing on the divergent developments of their racial classification systems and differential responses to inequality.
Program Brochure HERE.