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, Filed Under: Internship

Fall Internships with Compost Pedallers

Compost Pedallers is a 100% bike-powered compost recycling program in Austin, TX that collects compostables from homes and businesses and pedals them directly to nearby urban farms and community gardens to grow more local food.

Our mission is to build a more vibrant Austin community by reducing waste, strengthening our local food system, and re-connecting neighbors to each other and the places that they live through more sustainable practices. All without burning a single drop of fossil fuel!

The Compost Pedallers are still accepting applications for the following fall internships:

1. Digital Communications Internship

2. Operations Support Internship

3. Compost Manager Internship

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to info@compostpedallers.com with the title of the internship you are applying for in the subject line. We will be accepting applications through September 7th.

You can find information for all of our internships and job descriptions here.

, Filed Under: Research

From “Informants” to Intellectuals: Reframing 20th Century Nahua Participation in Academic Research

Faculty Researcher: KELLY MCDONOUGH

Contact Details

Kelly McDonough – kelly.mcdonough@austin.utexas.edu

Description

McDonough, Kelly – Spanish & Portuguese
Starting on: As soon as possible
Contact: kelly.mcdonough@austin.utexas.edu

This project studies the representation of Mexican indigenous “informants,” collaborators, and authors in their own right during the twentieth century in anthropological and linguistic research (specifically related to Nahua culture, Nahuas being native speakers of Nahuatl – language of the Aztecs and more than 1.5 million people today). For the majority of the twentieth century many of the indigenous people who provided the information for academic studies were seen as sources of raw data that the “intellectual” academician would then analyze and interpret. In reframing indigenous peoples as intellectuals in their own right, I argue for an expanded understanding of indigenous intellectualism addresses both the tensions and complementary nature of oral and written modes of creating and transmitting oral and written indigenous knowledges. At the same time, with this approach as example, I advocate for a return to early twentieth-century anthropological and linguistic studies in order to tease out and recover voices of indigenous intellectuals that can and should inform contemporary studies of Nahua culture.

I need assistance with downloading all of the 42 volumes of the journal Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl, coding essays for general topics, and assessing how the indigenous person who provided the source material (usually called an informant or collaborator, but sometimes author) is recognized in the essays.

Qualifications:
Required: Advanced proficiency in Spanish; knowledge of Word and Excel.
Preferred: Interest in Indigenous Studies

Time Commitment: Negotiable
Duration: 2-4 months
Compensation: Credit in the acknowledgments of the completed article
The sponsor of this project is available for weekly meetings in person or via Skype
For more information please contact Kelly McDonough at kelly.mcdonough@austin.utexas.edu

Project Timeline

5/1/15-10/1/15

Duties

data collection
discourse analysis
pdf’s searchable
literature review

, Filed Under: Internship

US-Brazil Connect Fellowship Opportunity

About US-Brazil Connect:

Since its founding as an independent nonprofit in 2011, US-Brazil Connect has quickly become a leading facilitator of collaborative international education programs linking the US and Brazil. We are committed to unleashing unrealized economic and human potential by joining communities in the Western Hemisphere’s leading democracies. US-Brazil Connect strives to strengthen education and build economic opportunities by connecting communities, engaging leaders, and creating transformative learning experiences linking the United States and Brazil.

Position description:

Our fellowship programs offer much more than a highly subsidized trip to Brazil. Each selected fellow has the chance to work their way through an unmatched experience in international leadership as a creative partner with Brazilian students. Active partnership—rather than passive consumerism—helps fellows build holistic skills in global leadership and international problem solving. Selected Fellows must agree to fulfill a number of responsibilities at each stage of the program. Those responsibilities include training (both online and in-person training sessions), online coaching, traveling to Brazil for a 4-week period over the summer,  and in-person coaching.

Qualifications:

Global Leaders Fellow must be at least 18 years old and be either a college graduate or attending college courses.

Priority will be given to applicants with the following qualifications:

     Ability to complete each of the Fellow Responsibilities

    Ability to use online tools such as Facebook, Google Hangouts and Google Drive

    Flexibility to live and work in a range of urban and rural Brazilian sites

    Excellent written and oral communication skills in English

     Respect for cultural and ideological diversity

     Ability to work cooperatively while maintaining a positive attitude

     Commitment to personal growth and skills development in international leadership

How to apply:

Please see http://www.us-brazil.org/get-involved/global-leader-application.

Deadline date:

The deadline to apply is March 16, 2016. After applications have been reviewed, semi-finalists will be contacted to set up an interview either in person or over Skype.

Contact information:

1201 Williams St.

Suite 4A

Denver, Colorado 80218

Phone: (720) 338-8839