Field trip to India November-December 2014Pondicherry, the Indian union territory of Puducherry

Teachers and organisersTrip participants & organizers

◦ Åke Sander, aake.sander@lir.gu.se◦ Elin Thorsén, elinthorsen@hotmail.com ◦ Ing-marie Johansson,

ing-marie.johansson@socwork.gu.se◦ Christer Ekholm, christer.ekholm@lit.gu.se

Co-organisers◦ Clemens Cavallin, clemens.cavallin@lir.gu.se◦ Sudha Sitharam, sudhasitharaman@gmail.com

Course teachers◦ Daniel Andersson (RKT139)

daniel.andersson@lir.gu.se ◦ Åke Sander (LIR203)

Go:India Connecting Gothenburg and India 2011-2013

go:India was a project at the University of Gothenburg promoting exchange and cooperation with Indian universities.

go:India was a broad interfaculty project intending to create the basis for academic cooperation (development of student and faculty exchange, joint courses and joint research projects) between GU and partner universities in India.

http://goindia.gu.se/

Pondicherry1674-1962 French colony675 000 InhabitantsSince 2006, PuducherryPondicherry University founded

1985

Two courses

RKT 139: Theory sub-course (5 hp), field knowledge literature, area literature (2,5 hp), field work and one report (7,5 hp).

LIR 203: Theory sub-course (5 hp), field knowledge literature, area literature (2,5 hp), one larger project, one field report

The trip (preliminary planning) 1Flight Gothenburg – Delhi: October 31st FinnAir or Turkish Airlines.November 1– 3 “Sight seeing” in Delhi Flight Delhi – Chennai:November 4th Several local air lines to choose

from. Arrival in Chennai latest mid after noon. Bus to Pondicherry UniversityThe trip home:December 6, bus Pondicherry – ChennaiDecember 6, Chennai – DelhiDecember 7 (10), Delhi – Gothenburg

The trip (preliminary planning)Week 1 (45) 4-7 November: Lectures and

PondicherryWeek 2 (46) 10-14 November: AurovilleWeek 3 (47) 17-21 November: Tiruvannamalai, for

example the Annamalaiyar TempleWeek 4 (48) 24-28 Nov: Excursion, for example the

Thanjavur, Srirangam, Madurai, RameshwaramWeek 5 (49) 1-5 dec: departure 6 decOf course, there are many other things and topics

to study in the area than religious ones, as exemplified here. We will do our best to be accommodating to the academic interests and needs of those who take part in the field trip.

Auroville http://www.auroville.org/ 1. Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville

belongs to humanity as a whole. But to live in Auroville, one must be a willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness.

2. Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages.

3. Auroville wants to be the bridge between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from without and from within, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realisations.

4. Auroville will be a site of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity.

ThiruvannamalaiAnnamalaiyar TempleArunachalwswarar TempleA Shiva Temple from 9th

centuryThe Karthigai Deepam festival is celebrated during the day of the full moon between November and December, and a huge beacon is lit atop the hill.

Sri Raganathaswami TempleSrirangamLargest functioning Hindu temple in India. Vaishnava temple. 21 gopurams, 156 acres.

Pondicherry

Dead lines and meetings15 April: Dead line for applying to the courses (RKT

139, LIR 203)You can apply to the field trip from 15 April 2014

on a special web form.

1 May: Deadline for applying to the field trip to Pondicherry

17 May: Decision regarding admission to the field trip will be announced including reserve list.

21 May second information meeting1 June: Down payment, 1.500 SEK

CostsApproximately 11 000 SEK Included: lodging, local travels,

minor costs as entrance fees etc.

Not included: Flight tickets: you pay yourselves, we give one preferred option and two alternatives

Scholarships (stipend) Adelbertska: dead line 30 June 2013 (hum fak) Check

dead line for 2014!! http://

www.gu.se/digitalAssets/1238/1238381_STIPENDIE.pdf

http://www.gu.se/forskning/stipendier/gustipendier/adlerbertskastiftelserna/

Application during spring – summer (different for different faculties) There are many other sources for scholarships, www.

stipendier.se; www.stipendier.nu. Hunt on the net! . Hunt on the net!

Bok: Fonder och Stipendier i Sverige 2009/2010. Ett urval av stiftelser och fonder som delar ut stipendier och ekonomiskt stöd. Svensk stipendieförmedling.

Visa and VaccineVisa: apply in very good timehttp://www.indianembassy.se/

visa_services.html

Vaccination: Twinrix, Dukoral www.resemedicin.comwww.vaccination.nu

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