“Global Journeys is a second-semester, first-year course taught by professors from a wide range of departments. During this travel experience you will deep-dive into the destination’s rich cultural and history and use the skills learned in Gateways and Journeys to critically analyze your experience. Aside from the cost of a passport and souvenirs, your Journeys Cultural Immersion is expense-free to you.
Each section of the course will focus on a specific location and topic. During Peak Week — the week before spring break — your section will travel together on a faculty-led trip to your destination”-Agnes Scott College. To learn more about the Journeys program, click here.
For my Journeys trip, I went to Martinique. Martinique is described a “a true blend of French and Caribbean culture”. The theme was this trip was Post Colonial Martinique in a Global Context. During my Journeys, my class and I went on various field trips and participated in many activities such as:
- visited a former slave plantation and the slave master’s home
- hiked among a waterfall and scuba-diving
- ferry-rides across the different parts of the island
- learned and interacted with local university students to learn Creole and French
- learned Bélé dancing and drum playing
- visited greenhouses, gardens, and sugarcane fields
- played with local elementary schoolchildren
- visited various beaches, local markets, chapels, governmental buildings, and cafes
