Students from the Kelley School of Business are returning to Costa Rica for the third year through a partnership between the Rich Coast Project and Kelley Initiatives for Social Impact.
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Students from the University of Costa Rica (UCR TCU 127) joined the Rich Coast Project in Puerto Viejo for a week of participatory video and photography aimed at documenting local Puerto Viejo history and culture.
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Photographs from the South Caribe Roots Archive are on display at the Casa de la Cultura in Puerto Viejo.
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A photographic comparison of the crossing at Parquecito in Puerto Viejo, 1983 and 2017.
Una comparación fotográfica del cruce Parquecito en Puerto Viejo, 1983 y 2017.
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Republicado de Nuestra Talamanca Ayer y Hoy (1983)
Por Maritza Rugama, Presidenta del Gobierno Estudiantil, 1981-1982, Colegio Agropecuario de Talamanca
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Durante los años 1981 y 1982, los alumnos de décimo años del Colegio Técnico Profesional Agropecuario de Talamanca participaron en un proyecto especial, con el propósito de rescatar las historias, las costumbres y las raíces culturales del pueblo talamanqueño. Salieron del colegio con grabadoras, cámaras y cuestionarios, en busca de personas mayores que les pudieran contar las experiencias vividas.
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The year is coming to an end, and we have so much to celebrate! 2016 brought tremendous transformation as we watched our programs grow in participation and community presence. We've rounded up the top stories from 2016 - check them out HERE.
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The South Caribe Roots Archive will soon welcome a new form of documentation to its collections: podcasts.
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By Tori Ziege
"This is what journalism is all about: bridging race, class, age and ethnicity to tell true stories, connecting people across borders and most importantly—across the bubbles that limit our everyday conversation."
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On Monday, November 21, 2016 a group of residents of south Caribbean Costa Rica will spend an afternoon sharing stories with students from the Media School at Indiana University in a "story exchange" facilitated by the Rich Coast project and following the innovative, empathy-building methodology developed by Narrative 4.
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The South Caribe Roots Archive recognizes the vital importance of documenting local history and preserving the individual and collective cultural identity of the south Caribbean, and offers one solution to the imminent threat of knowledge loss: participatory archiving.
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Entrevista realizada en San Andres, Limón, Costa Rica en la finca de cacao de Daniel South. Fecha: April 3, 2016. Entravistadoras Katie Beck y Jessica Rugama (Rich Coast Project). Transcripción Kim Sohler. Editación Katie Beck.
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We've been back in Puerto Viejo for over one month now, and so much has happened. Our first student group of the season is set to arrive in a couple of weeks, we're preparing a local exhibit of photographs from the South Caribe Roots Archive, and gearing up for big advances in our organizational structure. Take a look at what we've accomplished and at what we have in store.
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The annual SCRA Calendar features historic photographs and information contributed by community members and collected by the Rich Coast Project. We are calling on local businesses and allies of the Caribe Sur community help us put this valuable community heritage back into the homes of residents by sponsoring this year's SCRA Calendar.
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This post is the first in a series of behind-the-scenes notes written by RCP staff and volunteers.
By Katie Beck (RCP Founder & Director)
It's Friday, October 7, 2016. Today marks one week since we've been back in Puerto Viejo, and oh what a busy week it has been!
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Wreally Studios will continue to support the Rich Coast Project through free transcription software. Thank you Wreally Team!
Read MoreStudents of the Hidden Garden's Traditional Latino Herbal Medicine joined the Rich Coast Project for a morning of learning from local community members about the bush medicine they grew up with.
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The Rich Coast Project's upcoming trip with students from the Indiana university media school was featured in last Wednesday's Indiana Daily Student.
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An interview with Mel Baker in Punta Uva
This interview is part of a growing digital archive of the communities of Caribe Sur, Costa Rica, organized by the Rich Coast Project in collaboration with many local residents and organizations.
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In November 2016 a group of Indiana University students will travel to Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, to spend a working with the communities of the south Caribbean in developing content for the South Caribe Roots Archive.
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