Fieldwork and Documentation

In retrospect: post-trip reflections

It has only been a while since we got back, yet it feels like the 7 days in Chiang Mai were a distant dream. With school work piling up and course readings running after me to be read, how I wish I could teleport back to the days in Chiang Mai. Although I knew that…

Post trip musings – ROOTS

As I summarize the trip and end off my reflections, I aim to keep this in mind: “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical…

Day 5 – a lesson on Leadership

People are always intrigued by the unknown, and we are always to curious about figuring out more about ourselves. This explains the increasing popularity of personality tests and quizzes, and even astrology. But yet, many of us remain clueless about ourselves, and there begins our perpetual quest of understanding ourselves. Today we had the opportunity…

Day 4 – the voice of Youth

Today is work day. We spent the entire day at Chiang Mai university, first attending a lecture followed by conducting focus group discussions and interviews with students and faculty of CMU. We conducted our focus group discussion with a group of 3 CMU students, majoring in political science. Their command of English was impressive. I…

Day 3 – A note to Tourists. Sincerely, a tourist.

Today is a day where we can finally relax and take a break from the work and research we have been doing. I am definitely looking forward to tasting amazing street food, sightseeing, tuk tuk rides and more adventures. We started our day with a long bus journey to Doi Suthep, West of Chiang Mai….

Day 2 – Monk Life

What i remember most about today is the Monk chat. We had the opportunity to visit young monks at the temple, who were kind and willing to converse with us in English. I was particularly looking forward to this activity as I have a great interest in philosophy, and religion. Speaking with the monks…

Day 1 – Chiang Rai vibes

Day one of TOPS. We immediately embarked on a journey to Chiang Rai, a charming city with many attractive sites, one of which is the White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) that we first visited. The White Temple is an art exhibit taking the form of a temple. As its’ name suggests, it is completely white,…

Post -trip reflections

Post -trip reflections Fay, Fuyang Shen My December holidays have been extremely taxing. I interned for one full month at a company and gave many tuition classes during my limited free time. I was exhausted. I was a bit unwilling to go on the trip because I was not physically well-prepared for this trip….

3/5.01: A Real Dome

Having lain out or documentation process and agenda the night before, the group was much more systematic and productive with our documentation. Today, we were taking a trip to the Full Dome, a new video technology than provides a fully immersive space – a portable full dome – for viewers to watch an animation or…

Day 5

Day 5 Fay, Fuyang Shen I was clueless about the leadership amazing race the whole time. Finally, Day 5 is here. We were told to work within our own subgroups and try to finish as many tasks given as possible. We were supposed to find three locations according to the hints given. I thought it…