Discovering the Asia-Pacific study trips

The unit provides learning opportunities for you to become experientially and intellectually literate with the varied contemporary social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental realities of various countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

The specific focus for the study trip will vary each year. They will cover topics in environment and human development, everyday identities and identity politics, media and popular culture, and democracy and social movements. The overall pedagogical stress is on critically mapping and understanding various kinds of social transformations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Each year, one or two countries would form the focus/foci of study.

The unit comprises a mix of pre-study trip preparatory lectures (including film screenings), a series of lectures, talks and immersion activities facilitated by various institutes and civil society groups during the study trip proper, and the submission of a post-study trip portfolio.