Fieldwork and Documentation

Pre-Trip Projections

One semester into USP has offered me largely positive and beneficial experience, from the opportunities I get to the intellectual environment that promote learning. As I embark on this interesting USP Journey to Chiang Mai, I cannot help but wonder how this trip will aid my continued development as a USP scholar and as an…

Pre-Trip Reflections by Daryn Tan

Starting the year with an overseas trip with my USP batch mates is really something that I have been looking forward to. I believe that this trip will be an enjoyable and enriching one. Being placed in the tourism group, we will be researching about the socio-economic impact of the Chinese tourism boom on Chiangmai,…

Pre-Trip Projections

This trip is a wonderful opportunity for me and my fellow USP peers to immerse ourselves in the vastly different Thai culture. I expect the trip to develop my cultural literacy, especially since my group’s research topic is on heritage preservation. We plan to interview locals and visit various heritage sites to gain deeper insights…

Pre-Trip Projections

I’m really looking forward to the upcoming TOPS learning trip, as I believe that this trip will provide excellent ground for us to pick up new insights, delve deep into purposeful interactions with natives, and be intellectually stimulated in Chiang Mai – one of Asia’s most culturally rich lands. Most importantly, it’ll be an amazing…

Pre-trip musings

What a great way to start the new year – with an eye-opening study trip to Chiang Mai. The past few weeks of fieldwork and documentation classes have been informative and has well prepared us for the trip that we are about to embark on. Now, it is the time to take learning out of…

Pre-Trip Reflection: Idiosyncratic Thoughts

“The only source of knowledge is experience” – Albert Einstein. One thing Thailand is famous for is their elephants, large magnificent creatures who appear so gentle. As with all famous things, there are stories about them. My favourite which I heard a few years ago was the curious reason why these powerful creatures do not…

Pre-trip Reflections

During this week-long overseas learning trip, my group mates and I will be tackling issues surrounding healthcare in Chiang Mai. More specifically, we will be researching on tobacco usage amongst locals. Since we are venturing out of Singapore for our research, I feel that its important for us to be ready to acknowledge very different…

Pre-trip Projections

The effects of urbanization and globalisation is inevitably eroding the local culture and heritage Chiang Mai. This conflict is not unique or novel to Chiang Mai, as it is a well known phenomenon that the old has to go in order to make way for progress. However, Chiang Mai is taking steps to mitigate such…

Before

It is a few days before the field trip to Chiang Mai and I am extremely excited about what is to come. I have been to several overseas trips with my alma maters before but all of them can be considered to be a learning journey. This trip will instead be one which we are…

Pre-Trip Reflection: A new beginning

As Lao Tzu puts it, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” In order for great changes to be made, I believe that we need to make the first move to achieve what we want to achieve. As an NTU USP scholar, I feel extremely thankful to be given the opportunity…