CANCELED - Iceland: Communing with Nature

THE STUDY TRIP HAS BEEN CANCELED

• CM5097 Global Communications Research Seminar
• CM4091/CM5091 Video Production - Images & Their Stories

Experience and explore Iceland’s unique approach to promoting environmental and cultural sustainability. Strap on steel crampons for a lecture walk on a glacier, take a dip in the Blue Lagoon and scan the night skies for the Northern lights. Undertake field research in one of the most successfully promoted destinations in recent years, meeting with local brand managers, place influencers and cultural researchers. In this exceptional and highly unlikely “tourist” destination of “fire & ice,” conduct ethnographic and communications field research in the globalized-market-driven “promotional culture” that is fast transforming “Iceland”, especially as it impacts local customs, habits and traditions and Iceland’s shared sense of place and nation. Come to understand how citizens, tourists, activists and academics “communicate with nature” while interrogating the contemporary marketing, branding and “public diplomacy” process of place & destination branding.

Led by Professors Charles Talcott and Ben Olander

Cost: 1850€ (includes round-trip air transportation, hotel accommodations with breakfast, on-site transportation, entrance fees, guided visits and lectures, professor’s trip costs, and VAT)

Last day to register/cancel: January 19 • Late cancelation fee: 1850€

Payment for study trips must be made no later than January 31 for the Spring 2020 semester. Any concerns in this regard should be addressed to the Cultural Program & Student Accounting Services.

Registration for study trips is done the same way as registration for academic courses: through the registration portal on MyAUP Student Services: my.aup.edu > MyAccount > My Student Services > Registration. Study trip payments can be sent the same way as tuition: online by credit card on my.aup.edu/payment/tuition, via bank transfer, or in person with cash/check.

 Study Trip Registration: January 11– January 19, in the registration portal

 Study Trip Cancelation: NO LATER than midnight January 19