ANT 288: Storytelling and Heritage
A semester-long collaborative course with students in Mexico. Students enjoyed a grant-funded opportunity, designed to increase study abroad participation at SUNY Broome.
This course focused on how storytelling helps us understand heritage. Students explored oral history and urban legends; myth and folklore; stereotypes; autobiographies and journalism; and film, photography and digital storytelling. These topics were used as ways to explore and understand different cultures.
Tentative Course Itinerary
- Spring 2023 Students enroll and participate in Ant 288: Storytelling & Heritage, which is a Collaborative Online International Learning course.
- Throughout the spring semester, students will teleconference with students from the University of Celaya in Mexico, and explore course themes.
- SUNY Broome student visit to Querétaro, Mexico.
- Tentative Dates: end of April, 2023
- Local visits to heritage areas in Querétaro
- Preparation of collaborative projects
- Celaya students will visit SUNY Broome Community College.
- Tentative Dates: end of May, 2023
- Local visits to heritage areas in Binghamton area
- Continued preparation of collaborative projects
- Projects will be presented in Binghamton
Program Cost
Airfare and accommodations covered by a Grant from the Mary Street Jenkins foundation, as part of the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Program.
Additional Program Costs not covered by the grant – and therefore the responsibility of the student – are:
- Cost for a valid passport: $110-185
- SUNY Broome Tuition – 3 credits will be included in the Spring 2023 semester course load
- International Travel Insurance approx. $20
- Personal expenses and some meals $200-400
