tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45718620498855571892024-08-30T03:26:23.935-07:00This project is written by and for people involved in socially engaged study abroad programs. Students, alumni, and educators are all invited and encouraged to use this forum as a space to share ideas and stories; critically analyzing the issues they are learning about and experiencing. We hope this space can be a starting point for collective actions and projects around the world.Coordinators @ Perspectives Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16189522382379745027noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571862049885557189.post-60534679299973493952008-03-21T01:21:00.000-07:002008-05-03T02:01:49.814-07:00

Kaitlin MuenchThailandOne organic coconut – 5 baht. One head of organic lettuce – 7 baht. A kilo of organic Hom Mali rice – 28 baht*. Knowing that his family is healthy – priceless. Fifteen years ago, Som Sanomsuk, an organic farmer in Donlaeng Tai, a village in Surin province in northeastern Thailand, did the unthinkable in the farming profession – he lowered his yield. Most people thought he

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Sadie BeauregardThailandThere was once a city that floated in the middle of Nong Han (Han lake), in present-day Udorn Thani Province. To this city came a young Naga prince, disguising his snake-like body as a white squirrel to win the heart of a beautiful princess. Everyone in the land loved the beautiful princess and wanted her for their own. One day, as the Naga prince sat watching the princess

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Corinne KisnerThailandEvery morning at 4 AM, long before her customers are hungry, Matyuree, 46, can be found browsing the markets of Khon Kaen in northeastern Thailand for perfect produce. Wearing a grey t-shirt with the slogan “College girls have all the fun,” Matyuree rattles through her morning shopping list: chili peppers, sugar, lime, MSG, tomato, shredded papaya, fermented fish and

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Anna YalourisThailandThailand is one of the largest global exporters of rice - the staple food for more than half the world’s population. However, less than 50 years into the business of feeding the world, the strain on Thailand’s resources threatens environmental exhaustion and social unrest.In the late 1960s Thailand’s agricultural production shifted focus from a local to a global market.

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This short film was made by and for ENGAGErs on behalf of our dear friend, colleague, and mentor Kovit Boonjear.This film was created as a way for Kovit to communicate with his friends in the States about his potential exchange trip to the US and what it would mean for him and his work in Thailand.The creators of this film hope that it will inspire ENGAGE members to get involved and strengthen

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Vanessa Moll and Stephanie TeatroThailand An old woman surrounded by friends and family sits with her legs slightly apart. Her left arm is hidden inside a light grey, urn-shaped piece of pottery, which she holds between her legs. With her right hand, she uses a long, thin wooden paddle to shape the clay. On-looking students watch and take notes. They are taking in ancient, local

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Dylan CookThailandAt night, before tucking her two boys into bed, Mae (Mother) Thong sits them down for a serious talk. She makes sure they have their homework done and reminds them of the importance of school. She then jumps down on her boys’ bed, a thin mattress on the floor, and smothers them with motherly affection, tossing their hair and ignoring their protests.Although she only attended

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Stephanie TeatroThailandThe Council for National Security (CNS) recently announced that it will propose the lifting of martial law in 11 provinces prior to December’s election. But its decision to reinstate martial law in three northeastern provinces has critics concerned that the junta is using martial law as a tool to suppress political opposition.Following last September’s coup against Prime

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Kelly Kirkpatrick and Sasha GrossThailandAt 7 am, eight-year old twins, Gott and Golf, leave their house in Samaki Patana Community and set out for Nong Wang Elementary School in Khon Kaen. They navigate down a muddy road, scarred with deep potholes. They pay no notice to free-roaming fowl and the deafening approach of an oncoming train. The twins like going to school. “Sometimes they are

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Alyssa Boente, Emily Galey, and Anne SheldonThailandWith human rights gaining attention throughout Thailand, 30 Khon Kaen University students have joined a new initiative to report on the status of human rights in ten Isaan communities. They will use the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR) framework, derived from the United Nations’ International Covenant on ESCR.“There is a gap in the

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