17 APRIL 2015 PhD workshop: Making sense of the field in

17 APRIL 2015
PhD workshop: Making sense of the field in Southeast Asia
PROGRAMME
9.00-9.10
Welcome and introduction
Helle Rydstrøm
9.10-9.30
Sarah Turner, Department of Geography, McGill University, Canada
“How can you be homesick? You live here. Reflections of invisible interpreters/research assistants
supporting graduate fieldwork in Asia”
9.30-10.00 Discussion
10.00-10.15 Break
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Chair: Helle Rydstrøm
Chair: Isabelle Cote
10.15-12.15
10.15-12.15
 Annika Harrisson, Department of Culture
 Wisnu Adihartono, Ecole des Hautes Etudes
and Society, Aarhus University & DIIS
en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) pôle Marseille
“Myanmar: On challenges, sensitivities and
Centre Norbert Elias
scented wood”
“Running between Access, Interview and
Discussant: Timo Kaartinen
Time: The Challenges to have a ‘Rendevouz’
with Indonesioan Gays”
Discussant: Alix Kent
 Camilla Christensen, International
Development Studies and Global Studies,
Roskilde University
 Chaitawat Boonjubun, Department of Social
“Challenges in the field: Studying the state
Research, University of Helsinki
at arm’s length”
“Older women, public space and safety city
Discussant: Gyda Sindre
policy: Helsinki and Bangkok compared”
Discussant: Steffen Jensen
12.15-13.30 Lunch
13.30-16.30
13.30-15.30
 Claudia Seise, Berlin Graduate School
 Vera Altmeyer, Department of Society and
Muslim Cultures and Societies, Freie
Globalisation, Roskilde University
Universiät Berlin
“Researching Power Structures Through the
“Being a Muslim Researcher: Reflections on
Lens of Election Campaigns”
Doing Field Research in Indonesia”
Discussant: Ian Wilson
Discussant: Helle Rydstrøm
 Heikki Wilenius, Department of Social
Research, University of Helsinki
 Sif Jensen, International Development and
Global Refugee Studies, Aalborg University
“Studying public accountability in East Java:
“Ethnographic reflections on women’s
some notes and reflections”
participation in the Muslim separatist
Discussant: Isabelle Cote
struggle in Southern Philippines”
Discussant: Monica Lindberg Falk

Karen Heikkila, Department of Geosciences
& Geography, University of Helsinki
“Contemplating Geographical Fieldwork
with the Senoi Semai Orang Asli of
Peninsular Malaysia”
Discussant: Oscar Salemink
16.30-16.45 Break
16.45-17.15 Wrap up
Helle Rydstrøm and Isabelle Cote