Summer 2019

Workshop. Wright Ingraham Institute.

Field Stations

Field-Stations is an immersive educational workshop at ecologically-critical places facing rapid change. The 2019 program was based in Bogotá, la Zona Cafetera ("The Coffee Region") and Medellín, offering opportunities to learn about the role of social and ecological systems within a variety of ecosystems, scales and political landscapes in Colombia.
The workshop seeks to cultivate a greater understanding and appreciation of the complex inter-relatedness of natural and cultural systems through intense on-site immersion. This field-anchored approach is core to the model of place-based learning. The program studies the natural world from the perspective of multiple science-based disciplines, using experimentation, data collection, drawing, photography, digital visualisation, cultural studies, historical records and exchanges with the community to address the transformation of landscapes at a local, regional and global scale.-
Teachers: Andrea Pinochet, Kevin Bone, David Governeur, Brendan Doyle, Nicholas Pevzner, Michael Ben-Eli, Erich Wolff, Stephanie Carlisle, Justo Arosemena, Diana Barrera
Excursion: Bogotá, Armero, Manizales, Medellín, Reserva Río Claro.
Guests: María Valencia, Claudia Durana, Katarina Blair, Aida Marcela Vascos Palacio, Eduado Amat, Oscar Laverde, Patricia Bejarano, Jorge Enrique Rojas, Jaime Eduardo Avellaneda