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Course Agenda

2:30-4:25 pm T and Th 134 Morrison Hall, 300 Rice Hall (videoconferences)*.

Spring 2006

Assignments and field laboratory activities

1. Reconcile findings from reading assignments and discussions in IARD 402. Identify critical issues for class (and theme group) discussion.

2. Build Cornell-Mexico teams through informal discussions with theme group colleagues and faculty facilitators.

3. Seven class discussions and student-led reports.

4. Submit final topic and brief outline for the written IARD 602 project to your theme group facilitator by 19 January.

Assignments and on-campus activities

1. Attend 2 sessions/wk (2 hr each) from January 24 through March 16. Attendance will be recorded.

2. Evaluate the field trip. (January 24 and 26)

3. Meet and communicate electronically with theme group members and facilitators (esp., January 26 and at other times) to share progress about each term project and to plan theme group presentations.

4. Invited presentations. Discussion.

  • 31 January*. Phil McMichael, David Lee and an invited Mexican panel member. "Impacts of trade liberalization, especially NAFTA, on US and Mexican farmers"
  • 2 February*. Bill Rivera. "Extension reforms for world agriculture" English - Español. (spanish presentation)
  • 7 February*. Alice Pell. "Interdisciplinary research on sustainability issues in East Africa"
  • 9 February*. Elvira Sánchez. "Mexican Masks: Modern Cultural Hibridity"

5. Consultations, paper due date, and group planning of presentations

  • 14 and 16 February. Individual consultations with faculty facilitators.
  • 21 February. No class.
  • 23 February. Written projects due by 2:30 pm. Theme groups meet separately to plan oral presentations.

6. Oral presentations by theme groups.

Final (written) critique of IARD 602 course.

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IARD 602—Mexico