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Engaged Research and Learning at the Nilgiris Field Learning Center

Introducing an intergenerational mentoring program and expanding language learning at NFLC in southern India

Established in 2014 after three years of preparatory work, the Nilgiris Field Learning Center (NFLC) is a partnership among Cornell faculty, experts and community members in the Nilgiris in southern India. This grant team aims to first, deepen the language learning that is critical to the success of the collaboration by building an innovative cross-platform language curriculum. Second, it intends to extend NFLC’s reach and meet participant needs by creating a mutual mentoring program through facilitated dialog among NFLC participants, teaching teams and the Tribal Advisory Council. These Intergenerational Cross-cultural Learning Circles will bring elders and young people together through a micro-grant mechanism to support meaningful planned activities in the home communities of student alumni in the Nilgiris.

The Team

  • Neema Kudva, Department of City and Regional Planning

    College of Architecture, Art and Planning

  • Steven Wolf, Department of Natural Resources

    College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

  • Andrew Willford, Department of Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Lucinda Ramberg, Department of Anthropology

    College of Arts and Sciences

  • Community partner:  Keystone Foundation
  • Community partner:  South Asia Center, Syracuse University

Engaged Curriculum Grants

Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula.

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