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JAIPUR & BANGALORE
SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAINING
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & SOCIAL CHANGE
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Fall 2016 Study Abroad Itinerary:
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This picture reminds me of two things:
I: Not only was there beautiful landscape in front of us with endless sand and sky, but I gained a new appreciation for tap water.
II: Constantly thinking about how much bottled water we carry and the plastic waste produced opened my eyes.
Now, I try to not take drinkable water for granted.
Jaishalmer Desert ]
Jaipur Focus:
Socioeconomic development as a tool for shaping sustainable change
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Development Approaches & Distributive Justice
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Hindi language & Devanagari script
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Field-based research methods, ethics, & analysis
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This photo was taken in the library at Barefoot College: an institution that teaches people who are illiterate vocational skills that sustainably contribute to their communities (solar engineering, resilient architecture, etc)
Independent Study Project
For my independent study project I moved to Bangalore for one month. While there I conducted a case study looking at how changes in food patterns are indicators of socioeconomic change.
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My work involved interviews with chefs, restaurant owners, managers, tech developers, consultants, and bloggers.
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I found that the wide change in education, migration, income, health, and technology lead to the rapid shift from cooking in the house to a culture of dining out or ordering in. This had greater effects seen in gender equality and global food options.
Cooking tandoori paneer with Chef Kumar in 1947 Restaurant
Chocolate cake from Toscano Restaurant
My ISP was presented at Bard College's Asia and the Environment Conference in Spring 2017