Mongolia: Geopolitics and the Environment Spring 2016 |
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You are cordially invited to
SIT Study Abroad, Mongolia Students’ Independent Study Project (ISP) Presentations.
Venue: Program Room, Ulaanbaatar City Public Library (D. Natsagdorj Library), Seoul Street – 7, Ulaanbaatar - 28 Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 10:00 a.m.
Contact numbers: 11-452138, 89008082, 88090151, 99093070,88024075 |
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10:00 a.m. Opening Remarks, Mrs. S. Ulziijargal, Academic Director,
SIT Study Abroad Mongolia, a program of World Learning
10:10 a.m. Waste in Rural Mongolia - Influenced by Tradition, Circumstance, and Spirituality
Amanda Wheeler, Hamilton College
10:40 a.m. Traditional Medicine in Ulaanbaatar: Culturally-based Beliefs on Illness Causation
Bethany Yeo, Marist College
11:10 a.m. Awareness and Management of Zoonotic Diseases in Ulaanbaatar and the Countryside of Mongolia
Amelia Thomas, University of Pittsburgh
11:40 a.m. Tea Break
12:00 p.m. Sustainable Tourism Management at Lake Khovsgol
Peter Caffrey, Saint Michael's College
12:30 p.m. Mongolia, Lake Khovsgol, and the Asian Development Bank
Christian Mortelliti, University of Massachusetts Amherst
01:00 p.m. Shamanistic Perspectives on Mining in Mongolia and the Role of Shamanism in Environmental Protest
Brian Beaty, Amherst College
01:30 p.m. Break
02:30 p.m. Before Sunrise, the Sky becomes Copper: Copper from Mines to Medicine
Clement Gelly, Columbia University
03:00 p.m. A Persistent Legacy: Mongolians' understanding of Kh. Choibalsan
Jeremy Vollen, Rice University
03:30 p.m. Cultural Branding & Creative Capital in Mongolian Contemporary Art
Olivia Smith, Carnegie Mellon University
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