ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a tool to investigate both the shared aspects and specificities of the various programs. It reviews interviews in which the directors speak to the topics directly in their own words. After reviewing the conversations with the program directors, Bill Gilbert conducted a follow-up survey with student participants from several programs to gather their thoughts on the issues discussed. The survey provides an exploration of the range of curricular activities across the five programs and offers a vision of what field programming can and does achieve in a variety of institutional contexts. Program directors manage a complicated set of logistics in providing for students and guests to live and work in the field. These logistics grow exponentially more complex as time in the field is extended and locations become more remote. Visual March to Prespe has chosen to site the physical aspect of its exhibitions in the local community while maintaining a national and international publication record.
