Interview with Regina Macdonald Harrison, February 17, 2021
Project: Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Regina Harrison (known as Regina Macdonald during her Peace Corps years) served as a Volunteer in Ecuador from 1967 to 1970 in the Community Development Program. Language and culture training was conducted in Bozeman, Montana. She and her husband had an initial assignment in the small town of Oña, Ecuador where Harrison taught, and they formed a sheep co-op. Within a year, Peace Corps gave them an opportunity to be the first Volunteers assigned to the Galápagos Islands. Their project there was an attempt to form a fishing co-op on San Cristóbal Island, which met resistance from shopkeepers. They then moved to Santa Cruz Island to build a school and organize school projects. Harrison has returned to Ecuador and Galápagos numerous times for academic research and as director of an undergraduate study abroad program. The interview discusses Harrison’s experience in Peace Corps, as well as her university career in Andean literature and anthropology.Interview Accession
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Ecuador (Country of service) 1967-1970 (Date of service) Peace Corps Volunteer Job: Community Development Spanish (Language) Quechua (Language) Bozeman (Mont.) Three Forks (Mont.) Oña (Ecuador) Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) San Cristóbal Island (Ecuador) Santa Cruz Island (Ecuador) Co-ops School construction Married volunteers Draft deferment Bates College Cashing in on Culture: Indigenous Communities and Tourism (Documentary film) Mined to Death (Documentary film) Gringo Kullki (Documentary film)Interview LC Subject
Peace Corps (U.S.) Peace Corps (U.S.)--Ecuador Ecuador Acculturation Communication and culture Culture Culture shock Intercultural communication Interpersonal communication and culture Interpersonal relations Interpersonal relations and culture Language and culture Language and languages Lifestyles Manners and customs Voluntarism VolunteersInterview Rights
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Harrison, Regina Macdonald Interview by Julius Sztuk. 17 Feb. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Harrison, R.M. (2021, February 17). Interview by J. Sztuk. Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Harrison, Regina Macdonald, interview by Julius Sztuk. February 17, 2021, Peace Corps: The Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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