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- Title
- Hawks of the Sun: A Filmscript Autobiographical Story About a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chile (1966-68) Facing the Challenges of Culture and Adaptation
- Date
- 2020
- Creator
- Karem, Kenneth
- Description
- This filmscript describes many events in the two-year Peace Corps service of volunteer Kenny Karem in Chile, working in agriculture, education and forestry. It focuses on his relationships with Chilean friends, co-workers, Mapuche Indians and campesino farmers. It details actual events, cultural happenings, fiestas, cross-cultural snafus, the challenges of adapting to a foreign culture and the tremendous impact politics in Chile had on a volunteer’s service. Two of the scenes, “Coca Cola is Everything and Something More” and “Day of the Dead” were previously published in magazines.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Chile -- Motion picture plays
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Karem_0001
- Type
- screenplays
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3162
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- It Seemed Like a Dream: A Peace Corps Volunteer Returns to his Community in Chile
- Date
- [date of publication not identified]
- Creator
- Karem, Kenneth
- Description
- The article, “It Seemed Like a Dream” describe Kenny Karem’s return visit to his Chilean community and friends in 1995. He has maintained communication with them ever since his volunteer days up to the present time. This article had been previously published in a magazine.
- Subject
- Volunteers -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Karem_0002
- Type
- essays
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:3163
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.
- Title
- The Peace Corps Serving Chile booklet, 1967
- Date
- 1967
- Creator
- Person responsible unknown
- Description
- A booklet outlining the history of the Peace Corps in Chile. It also gives an overview of the volunteer work and programs maintained by the Peace Corps, such as rural and urban community development, education, forming cooperatives, and helping with professional assistance.
- Subject
- Community development -- Chile; Education -- Chile; Volunteers -- Chile
- Country
- Chile
- Local Identifier
- PCCA_Muldoon-Ibrahim_0013
- Type
- booklets
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/peacecorps:1725
- Rights statement
- Reproduction and copyright information regarding this item is available from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.