Las Palmas, Canary Islands—Field Studies Blog
Who said Field Studies were comprised solely of city tours and museums? In Las Palmas Sørlandet students were tasked with discovering the capital of the Canary Islands themselves in a challenge that tested their wit, know-how, creativity and sense of adventure— a contest in the likes of the amazing race: the Las Palmas Scavenger Hunt.
In teams of five, students set out from Sørlandet’s dock in the morning with twenty some tasks: sights to photograph, videos to capture, maps to mark, subjects to interview—and one goal: to bring back the most creative and culturally-enriching results.
What is Queso de Flor? How does it taste? How well can you navigate Las Palmas’ bus system? How do locals perceive their work and living in the Canaries to have changed in the last ten years? Were early Spanish settlers to the Americas heroes or villains?
To the sand dunes of Maspalomas, to the basilica of Teror, to La Vagueta and the Christopher Columbus museum and back, teams exercised good judgment and decision-making and in true Sørlandet pushed themselves out of their comfort zones and navigated their new and unfamiliar surroundings independently—all before curfew.
