California
Archaeology, landscape, environmental systems, infrastructure, and regional history.
Field Schools
Learn in landscapes where evidence, ethics, and interpretation meet.
Field schools combine place-based inquiry, technical documentation, collaborative practice, and research outputs that remain useful after the course ends.
Overview
Field education is not academic tourism
Every field program begins with preparation, local relationships, permissions, safety planning, cultural respect, and a defined research or educational purpose. Participants develop methods, records, and a disciplined understanding of what field evidence can support.
Hawaiʻi
Island systems, marine environments, biological movement, heritage, and human adaptation.
Colombia
Highland and tropical landscapes, archaeology, ecology, and community-centered inquiry.
Mexico & Peru
Architecture, agriculture, exchange, materials, astronomy, and long-duration social systems.
Field-school structure
A complete learning sequence
Prepare
Regional scholarship, ethics, safety, methods, research questions, and equipment.
Observe
Systematic field notes, spatial records, photographs, samples, measurements, and interviews where appropriate.
Analyze
Interpret findings in relation to context, prior work, uncertainty, and alternative explanations.
Return value
Produce reports, datasets, exhibits, translations, or tools that return value to partners and support continued learning.
Next step
Stella Nova announces field programs after partnerships, permissions, safety plans, and academic scope are confirmed.
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