Research Question: How have perspectives on Vietnamese women’s sexuality changed over the last century and how does that translate to current public displays of affection in Vietnamese urban youth? Confucianism, Doi Moi, and French Colonialism have all impacted women’s attitudes towards sexual relationships differently over the last century. My goal in this research project is […]
Ancestor Worship and Governance in Vietnam
My time in Vietnam has opened up a new world of ideas and this has lead my to ask many different questions to how a society can run. I have been most keenly aware of the tensions that seem to be running through society that do not seem to be challenged or questioned by people […]
Short Term Gains for Long Term Strains
Here is a link to my observational post “Short Term Gains for Long Term Strains” regarding the consequences of rapid industrialization on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
Moving poor Vietnamese to make a place for rich Vietnamese
This week our class took a bus to district 7 where we looked into aspects of urbanization, development and upward mobility we hadn’t thought about before. Our first stop was at an upscale mall that would seem shockingly huge and expensive even in the US. A map of where this mall is the first […]
All is Fair in Love and Exercise: Hoan Kiem Park, Hanoi
Before the advent of the Internet, societal consciousness was generated in physical public spaces: on the streets, in cafes, on buses, or in parks. These hubs of human contact were, and in many ways still are, essential for the dissemination of information, for the formation of relationships outside of the home, and occasionally for spreading […]
Making Sense of the Saigon Heat: How the Vietnamese Do Hot Dogs and Basketball
The Saigon Heat is Vietnam’s team in the ASEAN basketball league and they are currently down 0-2 in a best of five playoff series with the Kuala Lumpur Dragons of Malaysia. I had seen a couple of their regular season games on TV but I was still very curious as to what a professional basketball […]
When it Rains it Pours: Observing Drainage Problems in Newly Developed Zones
Click here to see my post about drainage problems in Ho Chi Minh City.
You, Too, Should Want To Do The “Butterfly-Hand-Flicker”
I woke up without an alarm at 5:45am and was out on the streets by 6. Hanoi is a different kind of busy early in the morning; there are markets that only exist that time of day, business men and women sitting on tiny chairs eating cháo, but easily the most entertaining spectacle are the […]
Industrial Zone
Bidoup Núi Bà National Park – Đà Lạt
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