academia
Starting fieldwork in Jogyakarta, Java
I’ve just arrived in Jogyakarta, and am happy to find that my original instinct about doing research here was spot on. Since leaving Jogya last year, I’ve slowly been doubting the value of going so far away to do my research, especially since the usual model for Honours is to read a lot and carry [...]
About
About me
I studied at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia, a bachelor in Asian Studies (Thai) and bachelor in Arts (Honours). I majored in Human Ecology (in the Fenner School of Environment and Society in the College of Science), Development Studies, Asian Studies (Southeast Asia) and Thai+ languages. My family is Australian and Thai, [...]
Research in Canberra
After visiting Dave in 2006 and again in 2007 to search for an interesting research topic, I started studying back at ANU in Canberra in February 2008. I’m interested in issues in disaster response that have some importance in the field, not just issues of academic interest. As an Asian Studies and humanities student, I’m [...]
Key dates of research and fieldwork
In amongst visits to exhibitions of environmental bamboo sculpture exhibitions and temples and rubbish dumps, we get some work done too. This post is to keep my supervisors and friends informed of my movements, and also for other research students interested in this particular research process.
5 January 2006. I moved to Thailand to live and [...]
