What is the CIAM – PUCMM Cultural Inmersion Program
Since 1999 The Centro de Información Afroamericano (CIAM) has been setting up programs in the Dominican Republic for universities and educational institutions. CIAM Programs are derived from the large experience of CIAM staff and local organizational leadership throughout the country.
Out of that working partnership, a cultural immersion study program was created. A group of Dominican scholars has been instrumental in the creation and implementation of this pioneering programs for those that are interested in the historical-sociocultural and environmental aspects of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haití).
Objetive
This program (2-4 weeks) is designed to show how evolving academic perception af Afro-Latin-Americans reflect the larger changes in political and intellectual approach to race, class, identity, nationalism, popular movements, economical development religion. You will obtain a comprehensive vision of the cultural and social context of Latin America today. You will experience how Latin America´s inherited socioeconomic and political structure bring rewards to few, not to many.
Core Components
1. From Sugar to Tourism in the land of Baseball.
Tour: San Pedro is more than baseball players. San Pedro de Macorís: Old San Pedro, meet the ¨Guloyas¨ (good lawyer). Cueva de las Maravillas, La Romana: Batey del Soco, Central Romana, Altos de Chavón.
2. Santo Domingo: The Old, The New and the Ugly.
City Tours: Colonial City. New residential areas. Poor Neighborhood. Cultural Tours: The Eurocentric approach. Museum, art centers, church and governments. The Outskirts the slave route. Villa Mella, Palavé, Nigua.
3. Cibao Central: The Route of the conquerors.
Tours: Isabela- Puerto Plata, Santiago, Moca, La Vega, Jarabacoa.
4. The Deep South: Poverty under the sun.
Tours: San Juan de la Maguana (Religious Sycretism). Jimaní – the borders and its tragedy. Lago Enriquillo - Bahía de las Aguilas. (Can we manage the future?).
5. Contemporary Culture.
Popular Culture. Mass media. Radio. T.V. Advertisement. Music. Food. Religion.