Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
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Once upon a time… <strong>Project</strong> background<br />
So many people have asked us, “Why did you<br />
choose Chananaw as the site for your project?” or<br />
“Why did you decide to work in Kalinga?” But we<br />
didn’t ‘choose’ Kalinga or Chananaw and we didn’t<br />
conceive of the project in abstract beforehand (as<br />
most research or community development projects<br />
seem to be). Instead, it all started with friendship,<br />
and we can’t stress the importance of this enough.<br />
We went to the Philippines for work and study.<br />
Edwin arrived in January 2008 to conduct a year’s<br />
fieldwork in Metro Manila for his doctoral thesis in<br />
urban sociology, which he is taking at <strong>La</strong> <strong>Trobe</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> in Australia. Maria followed in March<br />
2008 to work at the Ateneo Center for Educational<br />
Development of the Ateneo de Manila <strong>University</strong><br />
with support from the AusAID-funded Australian<br />
Youth Ambassadors for Development volunteer<br />
program and the Philippines Australia Studies<br />
Centre of <strong>La</strong> <strong>Trobe</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
The houses of Chananaw forms a crescent<br />
moon around a group of terraced rice fields at<br />
their center.