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1998-2001 Student Research

 

Essays

 

These essays describe the students' thoughts about different places in Brazil as they spent their term abroad studying and learning through experience.

Recife and Pernambuco State:

Informal Sector on the Beach in Recife      By Havi Asch   

Pernambuco:  Feeling Like a Tourist in an Area of African Descent, By Aracely Ruiz

Recife:  Paradise or Not?   By Marisa Post

Recife: A Hidden Culture Lies Underneath            By Javi Hairston  

Northeastern Culture:  Dancing Ciranda in Old Recife by Dapo Akinleye

Startling Contrasts    By Chirlie Felix  

Caruaru:  The Market Defines the City       By Orly Amir  

Caruaru:  A Brazilian Market  By Vanessa Berman  

A First Time Feeling:  Being a tourist in Caruaru    By Sara Donahue

 Salvador:

Forms of Resistance:  A Look at Bahia     By Reneé Rinaldi

 Salvador:  Black Pride and Tourism    By Aracely Ruiz

 Sex and Tourism in Salvador           By Marissa Post  

The Real Brazil:  Salvador da Bahia    By Dapo Akinleye

Salvador:  Things Gained and Lost            By Lauren Selchick

Salvador:  Listening to the Buzios               By Sara Donahue  

Bahia:  Not A Home Away from Home    By Javi Hairston

What I Love about Salvador   By Vanessa Berman

Salvador da Bahia:  Religion and Celebration  By Chirlie Felix

 Ouro Preto

 At Home in Ouro Preto         By Havi Asch

 Historical Treasures: Finding Culture Where You Don’t Expect It By Javi Hairston  

Ouro Preto:  Feeling Black Solidarity  By Aracely Ruiz

Ouro Preto:  The Quieter Side of Brazil      By Orly Amir

Phases of Art:  Baroque in Ouro Preto       By Sara Donahue

Slavery and Suffering in Ouro Preto           By Dapo Akinleye

Ouro Preto:  Ghost Stories   By Chirlie Felix 

 

Rainforest:  

Amazonian Nature Healing    By Havi Asch

Bragging Rights: Amazon Adventure Story  by Chirlie Felix

The Amazon:  Perspective on the Environment and Eco-Tourism          By Sara Donahue

The Amazon:  Another Way of Living          By Aracely Ruiz

Eye-Opening:  Watching a Rainforest Sunrise      By Vanessa Berman

A Monkey Bite in the Amazon         By Lauren Selchick

Treatment for a Monkey Bite – Part 2         By Lauren Selchick

 Nature Destruction and Preservation:  Where is the Balance?  By Dapo Akinleye  

Eco-tourism:  Is It Harmful?              By Marissa Post  

Mixed Feelings by Dapo Akinleye

 Manaus

Land of Contradictions: Manaus and the Amazon            By Orly Amir  

 New Identities

Where am I now?      By Havi Asch

 Who am I After Brazil?          By Javi Hairston

Being White in Black Brazil             By Havi Asch  

"Morena, Morena"   by Javi Hairston

 

Brazil

The Brazilian Reality    By Reneé Rinaldi

"Morena, Morena"   by Javi Hairston

 

Sao Paulo:

Tourism, Work and Study in Ouro Preto and São Paulo  By Vanessa Berman

Comfort Comparisons: Ouro Preto and São Paulo   By Melissa Post

Morena, Morena   by Javi Hairston

 

Students, Guests, or Tourists

A First Time Feeling:  Being a Tourist in Caruaru    By Sara Donohue

Tourism, Work and Study in Ouro Preto and São Paulo  By Vanessa Berman

Am I a Tourist or Guest?  Studying Abroad in Brazil  By Renée Rinaldi

 

Outsider essays  Click here to read these essays.

Day of Terror essays   Click here to read these essays

 

At Home Again

Sara Donahue

Aracely Ruiz

 

Abstracts from 1998-2001 Student Research Projects

 

 

 

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