We are now more than halfway through the semester. It’s hard to believe really. It feels like it was just yesterday that I arrived to India, had my first lecture at the resort, and took my first stroll around Pondy – but according to the calendar, I have been here for more than 6 weeks!
1. The Sunday market in San Telmo is one of my absolute favourite things to do! This marked offers beautiful, beautiful handmade products. The prices are a bit more expensive than normal markets; but once you see the craftsmanship you will understand why. You will also find local artists singing there, tango dancers in the
While our courses take place in the Central Buenos Aires satelite campus, our Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM) has its main campus in San Martin, which is a 40 minutes train ride. It is a state university, and it has about 19 000 students and 600 teachers. UNSAM focuses on the fields of science and technology,
I have to admit, as frustrating this fieldwork for development studies can get sometimes, I cant get over the fact that it is getting more and more interesting! The last week has been full of information, and it really is fun to see how everything adds up to the literature, and everything that does not. This
The fieldwork has ‘finally’ started and development students are now placed in their fields. Me and three other classmates have made it to Esteli and our research has begun. Esteli is a really nice city with a weather of cold breeze. The city is filled with culture and is known for its painted walls. It
Friday we went on a field trip to Auroville. Auroville is an experimental village located 10km from Pondicherry. The village was founded in 1968 by ‘the mother’ and was envisioned as a universal town where men and women of different backgrounds and cultures could live together in peace and harmony. For us peace and conflict
Coming from a country of not even 6 million people, 62.000 people feels like quite a large number. However, here in Vietnam the ethnic group of the Ka Tu (or Cơ Tu) people is just a drop in the ocean of 54 minorities. This week we got the chance to meet and interview some of
Sorry, that I haven’t made any posts in quite a while now. It’s been a really busy week for us students here in Pondy. Thursday, the school had arranged a so called “India Day” at the study center where we were supposed to dress up in traditional Indian clothes. For us girls this meant that
Time is flying too fast! The third week is already over and we are leaving for our research work this weekend. Some are leaving tomorrow while other on Sunday. We are going to be out in our field for about three weeks. I am going to Esteli, which is the third largest city in Nicaragua.
On friday development students and spanish students had a school trip to León Viejo and Laguna del Tigre. León Viejo We arrived at León Viejo in our old American school bus with loud spanish music. The atmosphere was great and our driver was driving the bus like a fast running horse like always. León Viejo has been
