schedule

Dates: June 2nd 2008 - June 23rd 2008

 

Sunday, June 1st 2008

Depart from Los Angeles International Airport at 6am!
      (Travel from LA to New York to Dakar to Johannesburg to Cape Town)

 

Monday, June 2nd 2008

Arrive in Cape Town, South Africa 9:30 PM.

 

Tuesday, June 3rd 2008

Afternoon: Fieldtrip: District 6 Museum and City Tour (Castle, Malay Quarter/
Bo-Kaap, Parliament buildings, Company Gardens, Signal
Hill, Langa hostel, sangoma)
Evening: Africa Café (dinner of traditional Malay/ African cuisine) 

 

 

Wednesday, June 4th 2008

Afternoon: Discussion: Course requirements/ logistics
                   Lectures: SA Orientation (short political history, customs, and manners)
                                   Development: Lifespan understandings of death
                                   Working with Children, Working with OVCs
Evening:  Mama Africa’s, Long Street

 

Thursday, June 5th 2008

Morning: Hope Worldwide Orientation
Afternoon:  Camps Bay & Clifton
                    Lecture: Western Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Death,
                                   Socialization about Death

 

Friday, June 6th 2008

Morning:    Hope Worldwide (Group work: Orphans & Vulnerable Children, Care and
                                                  Support, Teen Pregnancy)
                   Visit Vicky’s B&B
                   Lecture 1 (by Vicky in Khayelitsha): Xhosa Perspectives  
Afternoon: Lecture 2: Afterlife and the Paranormal
Evening:  Concert to benefit victims of xenophobic attacks (optional)

 

Saturday, June 7th 2008

Optional Activity: GreenMarket Square and Pan African Marketplace (shopping)
Fieldwork Journal 1 Due

 

Sunday, June 8th 2008

Optional Activities: Church Service, Table Mountain hike

 

Monday, June 9th 2008

Morning: Rehoboth Old Age Home
Afternoon:   Lecture: Caring for the Dying
Evening:  Reflections Journal 1 Due

 

Tuesday, June 10th 2008

Morning: Lecture: Personal Death
Afternoon: Hope WorldWide (OVC Kids Club, Prevention, Care and Support groups)

 

Wednesday, June 11th 2008

Morning: Hope WorldWide (Men’s Support Group)
Afternoon:  Discussion of Fieldwork

 

Thursday, June 12th 2008

Morning:    Rehoboth Old Age Home
                   Lecture: Hospice work in South Africa (Sister Williams)

Afternoon: Lecture: Bereavement and Ritual

 

Friday, June 13th 2008

Morning:  Khayleitsha Daycare for HIV+ children
Afternoon: Hope Worldwide OVC Kids Club

 

Saturday, June 14th 2008

Morning: Robben Island
Afternoon: Cape Penninsula Tour (False Bay coastline, Cape of Good Hope, penguin

                   colony)

 

Sunday, June 15th 2008

Free Day

 

Monday, June 16th 2008

All Day: Hope WorldWide Youth Day fieldwork
               Discussion of fieldwork experiences
Evening:  Reflections Journal 2 Due

 

Tuesday, June 17th 2008

Morning: Free day (last day in Cape Town)

 

Wednesday, June 18th 2008

Morning (6am!): Leave for flight to Johannesburg 
Afternoon:  Apartheid Museum
Evening: Cool Runnings (reggae, karaoke café)

 

Thursday, June 19th 2008

Morning: Soweto tour (including Regina Mundi Catholic church, Hector Pieterson
                Museum)
Lunch: Wandie’s shebeen
Afternoon: Muthi market, Constitution Hill
Evening: Discussion of fieldtrips, braai and drumming

 

Friday, June 20th 2008

Early Morning: Drive to Dennilton
Morning/Afternoon: Fieldwork with Youth With a Vision
Evening:  Nan Hua Buddhist Retreat

 

Saturday, June 21th 2008

Early morning:  Sunrise on temple, temple visit
                          Depart for Kruger Park
Afternoon:  Arrive at Tremisana Lodge
Late afternoon: Sunset game drive
Evening: Dinner in Boma
                Fieldwork Journals Due  

 

Sunday, June 22th 2008

Safari—all day
Last night in South Africa

 

Monday, June 23th 2008

Early morning:  Blyde Canyon
Morning & afternoon:  Drive to Johannesburg
Evening: Flight home (Johannesburg—Dakar—New York—LAX)

 

Tuesday, June 24th 2008

Arrive USA


Sunday, June 29th 2008

Potluck & slideshow

 

Tuesday, July 1st 2008

Final Reflections Journal and Research Paper Due