IRN700 Studio: Design Activism: Guatemala!

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Twelve fourth year RSID students and one faculty member traveled to Guatemala’s Highlands for a 10-day self-funded field research trip. Students conducted ethnographic research with students, staff, teachers and parents from Life School – including conducting a design workshop with school children ages 3-14. Traveling by motorboat, participants visited smaller outlying communities utilizing micro-financing methods. The group joined in a range of Mayan ceremonies and rituals (relating to cuisine, costumes, blessings, and funerals) and visited Mayan ruins and UNESCO heritage sites in Antigua, Guatemala.