
This is a graduate-level course taught in English. The focus of the course is on the design, practice, and analysis of survey fieldwork, mainly in Asia and mainly in developing countries. The objective is to enable graduate students to do Master's-level surveys and fieldwork as a major input to their theses.
Overview and Pathway:
Students should consider the following: How are we to survey and understand the impacts that modernization and development programs have produced on the natural environments and the populations of developing countries? How do we base participatory and sustainable development must be based on accurate knowledge of the daily practices, needs and skills of the local area and its ecology?