We are now a week into our field work process and it is so exciting! The other day we had a great interview with a woman called Vida. She sells broflow (I have no idea of how to spell this) and porridge which is a normal breakfast and afternoon snack here. She invited us to
So we just arrived at our home for the next three weeks. A great part of Development Studies 2 is the three week field work that is in the middle of the course. It is important because the following part of the course will incorporate our findings in a more theoretic module the last three
Hi there! In this post I would like to show you a few activities that we have done during the weekends here in Ghana. On the weekends we have no lectures or seminars so they are available for us to explore the country we are in. On our first weekend here we went to Elmina,
My first blogpost is about an average day here in Ghana, which I am so exited to share with you. Actually we won’t have many “average” days here since we will have 3 weeks of field work in the middle of the course. In the field work period we will be staying in different field
It is said that “All work and no play makes Jack a dull Boy” and I think Kulturstudier understands this literal saying perfectly well hence inculcates the best level of social experience for its students. Just like everyone else, when I read through the lecture schedule prior to the start of the semester in Cape
Academic work starts right from home at the moment you get confirmation that you have been selected to participate in the Kulturstudier program. You receive instructions on the schedule for academic work as well as information about staff and the required reading materials, with this it is expected that everyone is fully prepared by the
One of the things I’ve loved – and occasionally hated – during my stay in Ghana is living at Nana Bema Hostel with the other students and it’s something I doubt I’ll experience in any other setting. Even if you have lived in a ‘kollektiv’ or dorm before, it can’t quite match the experience of
MODEL 3 is about environmental challenges and resources management. Since every model has a field trip in it, we embarked on a field trip to the kakum national park which is a rain forest in the kakum Atandanso community in the central region of Ghana, the purpose of the visit was to give students a
The first thing that hits me when I think back on my time here in Ghana is how fast time has gone by. I know, it sounds cliché – but truly, by the end of it you won’t know where those 10 weeks went. The introduction week is hectic in its own way, with lots
If there is anything called rich culture then it is that of the Ghanaian culture. Culture as it is universally defined by the Cambridge English Dictionary is the way people live and relate with others: it could be Inter-personal, Inter-group or Intra-group kind or relation. In the Ghanaian culture, this way of liFe manifests
