Sections offered SPRING 2020:
#31890 |
MARGARET SUTTON |
T 5:30pm-7:30pm |
HU 108 |
CLASS NOTES: IUB GenEd World Culture credit. This class includes travel to Indonesia during spring break.
Application for this course is required; for more information, click here
Participants will enroll in a semester-long honors seminar course, titled “Indonesia: NGOs as Community Educators.” On campus, the course will discuss how small and large Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Indonesia work to promote educational opportunities and gender equity. Over spring break, participants will travel to Indonesia to gain firsthand experience of these topics.
Nongovernmental (NGO) and voluntary organizations play vital roles in democratic societies. Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy, is home to numerous and varied NGOs that work to improve the welfare of Indonesians and the well-being of the nation and the world. Some of these originated in faith-based social welfare organizations during the colonial era; others began in the late 20th century as global institutions encouraged development of non-state social welfare organizations. Studying the work and impact of these NGOs provides a unique window into the ways in which Indonesians voluntarily engage with collective issues and challenges that concern them the most.
NGOs are shaped by the economic, cultural and political contexts in which they reside. Understanding Indonesian NGOs thus requires both contextual knowledge of contemporary Indonesia and theoretically informed knowledge of NGOs. The travel component of the class will enable students to see what the work of these organizations looks like “on the ground” and to inquire about it directly with the practitioners. Each student will engage in an individual inquiry project linked to the travel component. Indonesian NGOs. They will present a summary of their travel experience in a poster session coordinated with the monthly Indonesian coffee hour sponsored by SEAS.