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worlding.us
Situating Harper faculty and students in a globalized world.
Worlding is the practice of engaging with the wider world in ways that expand our understanding of ourselves, others, and the communities and spaces we inhabit and traverse. At Harper College, students, faculty, and staff experience worlding through study abroad, field seminars, international collaborations, global learning initiatives, and cross-cultural exchange. These encounters invite new perspectives, challenge familiar ways of thinking, and cultivate the knowledge, empathy, and relationships needed to thrive in an interconnected world. The stories collected in this blog reflect the transformative power of global engagement and the many ways our community learns with, from, and alongside the world.
March 23, 2016
The Painted Dog Conservation Project (PDC) is dedicated to the education and preservation of endangered painted dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Africa. These animals are also known as the African wild dog or the African hunting dog. Read More
March 19, 2016
The following posts were composed by Harper College Honors students participating in a study abroad program with Prof. Mukila Maitha of the Geography Department. Read More
July 10, 2014
This day took most of us into the Virunga Mountains, a chain of Western Rift Valley volcanoes that straddle the borders of Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for a first-hand experience with the critically endangered mountain gorillas. Considered a biodiversity hotspot, portions of the Virungas are protected by contiguous trans-frontier parks in Rwanda (Volcanoes National Park), DRC (Virunga National Park), and Uganda (Mgahinga Gorilla National Park). Read More
July 10, 2014
The early morning mist shrouded our vehicles as we rolled past the town of Kabale headed for the Rwanda border about 20 miles away. We completed the border formalities without a hitch just as the fog banks were beginning to rise around us. Read More
June 12, 2014
June 12, 2014
After spending nearly a week in and around urban areas in central Uganda, we headed to the southwestern part of the country. Several faculty visited Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), which we had learned about through the paper “Developing Astronomy in Uganda” in the proceedings of a 2011 International Astronomical Union Symposium. Read More
May 29, 2014
Cities are highly complex places, growing over time as a result of forces ranging from topography and the location of natural resources to economic activity both formal and informal. Nowhere does the challenge of understanding and coordinating these forces–and addressing their consequences–become more apparent than in city planning. Read More
May 24, 2014
Tuesday brought us to Kampala, to the Uganda Museum, and to one of our most anticipated destinations – Uganda’s center of higher education and East Africa’s oldest, Makerere University. Our plan was to form working relationships with members of Uganda’s academic community whose roles in the university, areas of expertise, and research interests could give us the chance to form partnerships with African colleagues, to the benefit of both institutions’ students and faculty. Read More
May 19, 2014
The road to Jinja is alive with commerce. All along the sidewalks hugging the winding road, people chat and barter, display and inspect, cook and eat. Read More
April 14, 2014
We are a group of faculty from Harper College, representing a variety of departments and disciplines from Anthropology, English, Astronomy, and Humanities to Human Services, Sociology, and Geography. Through a unique professional development program, we are embarking on a two-week journey to Uganda and Rwanda. Read More