Summer School and Field Trip 2019

[18 - 31 March 2019]

At Ho chi minH City open University, Vietnam

Background

The summer school and field trip starts with the 5-day summer school with the intensive discussions on History of Transdisciplinarity, Why Transdisciplinarity, Methodologies for Trans-disciplinary, Research, Knowledge co-production and integrative Systems, Plenary session on environment issues and climate change, Plenary session on Migration, Plenary session on Social inequality, with a parallel session on migration, climate change, and social inequality to field trip preparation. Then the 5-day field trip have started in 7 sites and the last session is on presentation and reflection on implementation of transdisciplinary research. The students’ reflection on transdiciplinarity research is available here. Some impressions can be found here.

Field Trip

1. Community Khmer migration stream: The “miniature” of Tran De District, Soc Trang Province in Binh Hoa Ward, Binh Duong Province

2. Social inequalities in the destination of migrants from MekongDelta: A case of Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City

3. Vulnerability and salinity intrusion adaptation in Tra Cu District, Tra Vinh Province

4. Water issues in the Long Thuan island, Hong Ngu district, Dong Thap Province

5. Landslides under impacts of environmental change and human intervention at Hong Ngu District, Dong Thap Province: A case study of Chom Xoai Hamlet.

6. Migration as strategies to cope with social-economic issues of Khmer in Lich Hoi Thuong Commune, Tran De District, Soc Trang Province: A case study of Bang Lang Village

7. International marriages in Can Tho City: Women's difficulties and how to tackle these problems (A case study of Tan Loc Commune, Thot Not District, Can Tho City)

PHOTO GALLERY FOR sUMMER SCHOOL AND fIELD TRIP (2019.03)