(Above: The Global Pathways Colombia 2017 team with community partners in Manantiales de Paz.)
Sancocho and tamales, film and urban planning, Boston and Boulder — in this year’s Global Pathways Colombia program, our 10th consecutive summer program in Medellín, everything has been doubled.
For the first time, students from two institutions are participating in Global Pathways Colombia: arts and communication majors from Emerson College, and urban planning and architecture majors from the University of Colorado Boulder. They’re also partnering with students from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellín. In our intensive, five-week course, the task is the same as always: channeling our resources to help the community of Manantiales de Paz achieve its goals.
All of our students are starting, this week, by meeting community members and listening to their stories, challenges, and hopes for the future. (This year, we had two introductory meals in Manantiales de Paz: in addition to our traditional sancocho, community leaders also made us a local version of tamales.) Over the next few weeks — and based on those conversations, interviews, and meetings — Emerson students will produce short documentary videos, and Boulder students will develop proposals for architectural projects. Finally, their videos and designs will debut at a community-wide presentation at the end of the summer.
Below are scenes from the first few days of Global Pathways Colombia. To see more updates, like or follow our Facebook page.
