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Viva Cuba Mosaic


Over spring break 16 students traveled to Havana, Cuba, with Susan Rose ’77, professor of sociology and director of the Community Studies Center, and other faculty members, as part of the American and Global Mosaics program. Mosaics are intensive, interdisciplinary, semesterlong research programs that incorporate ethnographic fieldwork and immersion in domestic and/or global communities.

Students in the Cuba: Economic, Environmental and Social Sustainability and Resiliency mosaic made the journey to deepen their understanding of Cuba’s economy, society and culture to experience firsthand the challenges the Caribbean nation faces as further develops its unique brand of socialism.

While in Cuba, the students focused on political, economic, environmental and social sustainability, with special attention to urban agriculture and social policy related to health, education, family, youth, gender and sexuality.

Read about the students’ experiences in their trip blog, “Nine Days in Havana.” 

Learn more about the course in the Cracking Cuba.

 


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  • On the first night everyone had dinner at privately-owned Havana restaurant Honda de David (David’s Sling). This would not have been possible a few years ago due to governmental restrictions on private businesses.
    Dinner out
  • Marilyn Romero ’12, a double-major in Spanish and Latin American, Latino & Caribbean studies from Rockville, Md., takes photographs.
    Marilyn Romero ’12
  • Dickinson faculty and students at Centro Martin Luther King during orientation.  
    Orientation
  • Matt Guariglia ’12, a history major from Monroe, Conn., stands in the Museum of the Revolution.
    Matt Guariglia ’12
  • A wall dedicated to Ernesto "Che" Guevara along with a quote from Cuban poet José Martí, “Prudent love isn’t love.”
    Che Guevara artwork
  • Planting alongside farmers during a visit to the Organopónico Vivero Alamar, a 28-acre organic garden in Havana founded in 1997.
    Organic farm
  • Marilyn Romero ’12 presents a gift to Victor Casaus, distinguished Cuban poet, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and journalist.  Casaus visited Dickinson in October 2011 as a guest artist for the 10th-annual Semana Poética literary event.  
    Victor Casaus
  • The Centro Pablo hosted Dickinson College photographer Carl Socolow 77's exhibit Mata Ortiz: vida cotidiana.   
    Photography exhibt
  •  At the Plaza Vieja, students interview Cuban journalist Hedelberto Lopez Blanch for their class blog.  
    Journalist interview
  •  The group listens to the music of Nova Trovadores in Centro Pablo.
    Music performance
  •  The group poses in front of its “wawa” bus.
    Island transportation
  • A visit to Fabricio Ojeda Elementary School.
    School visit
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Photos by Carl Sander Socolow '77