Transcript International Field Program 2007 Kunming, Yunnan Province China

International Field Program
2007
Kunming, Yunnan Province
China
Introduction
• Hosted by School of International Relations Yunnan
University (SIRYU) at Yunnan University
• Thematic areas: Minority Issues or the environment
• Core components: Academic, Language and Culture,
Individual project
• Two months
• 7 New School participants ‘07
Andy, Jeroen, Jes, Larisa,
Sam, Shaun, Tashi
Culture Street,
Kunming, China
PART 1
• Language class
• Seminars
• Cultural outings
Internships & Independent
Research
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Governance, democracy in villages
Rural economic development
Local environmental issues
Geopolitical perceptions
Local health issues
Microfinance
Tea trade
Improving Access to Quality Reproductive Health
Services for Migrants in Urban areas of Yunnan
Dissemination Workshop
STRENGTHS
• Yunnan (border province, ethnic diversity
environmental hot spot, weather)
• SIRYU support: Prof Zhao, resources, lectures
• Counterparts
• General willingness to meet, share, & discuss
CHALLENGES
• The coffee is terrible
• Lots of “leg work” on the ground to set up
internships
• Being unable to read, write, or speak
• Cultural barriers were at times difficult to
overcome
Overall
• Program was a great success
• Much learnt despite barriers
• Everybody had a fun time
Contact us
www.wikigpia.info
Larisa Bomlitz: [email protected]
Andy Thornton: [email protected]
Shaun Randol: [email protected]
Jessica Waverka: [email protected]
Jeroen Kwakkenbos: [email protected]
Tashi Shakya: [email protected]
Sam Stern: [email protected]