Fieldwork and Documentation

Post-Trip Reflection: Enriched and Enlightened

All our well wishes, still residing in the White Temple. “One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.” – Anne Rice. After embarking on this trip, which has changed my perceptions on heritage preservation, this is a quote which I can relate…

Day 1 // 4 Jan

We spent the day at Chiang Mai University, listening to Dr. Vithi Panichapan’s lecture about the history and culture of Chiang Mai, followed by Prof. Andrea’s lecture on Heritage Science and Prof. Walsh’s lecture on his research in Famagusta. They were all very interesting and informative, especially Prof. Andrea’s. I personally enjoyed his lecture the…

TOPS Day 5: Strength in Numbers

The Amazing Race We started the day with a briefing on the “The Amazing Race” by Prof. Zachary in the function hall. He got us to participate in an activity about having confidence and portrayal of your personal image through body language, speech and gestures. I felt that this was extremely useful as these are…

Day 5: Leadership

Day 5, 8 January 2016. Our subgroup during the amazing race 🙂 The highlight for today would definitely be the leadership section! I felt that it was efficiently planned and executed. There were no wasted moments throughout the event. Explanations were also clear and to the point. Some activities were also quite interesting. Especially…

Day 4: Is it Really Heritage Preservation?

Day Four, 7 January 2016. Showing off our dazzling smiles in front of the dazzling White Temple We set off for Chiang Rai this morning. The bus ride there was rather bumpy but it was worth the rough ride the moment we reached our first destination. The White Temple. It was a piece of art…

Day 3: The Importance Of A Break

Day Three, 6 January 2016 Candid of Heritage group enjoying ourselves by the CMU lake Today, the entire USP went to Doi Suthep as a cohort. When we reached the entrance of Doi Suthep, we had to take a group picture and I felt like at that time, we were really being quite an inconvenience…

Day 2: Coming Together

Day Two, 5 January 2016. Heritage Group at Fulldome.Pro After a hearty breakfast, we went to a house where a company called Fulldome was going to host us. This was a company which specialised in playing of videos within a dome structure. The bus ride there was about 20 minutes and I could sort of…

Day 1: An Eye-Opener

Day One, 4 January 2015. Heritage at CMU! It’s officially the first day of the trip! Our group went to Chiang Mai University (CMU) for a workshop conducted by a professor from their faculty, Dr. Vithi Panichapan, and our own professors, Prof Andrea and Prof Walsh. When we reached their university, I saw a huge…

Day 5: farewell Chiang Mai

“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.” –Douglas MacArthur Today was leadership day. We…

Day 4: you guys are stars ?

Today was an important day for us. Today was the day when we were finally going to visit Chiang Mai University (CMU) where we had lots of grand plans for our project. My sub group had to split into two where Darren, Jinhu and Fuyang would interview the gender studies professor that we had previously…