{"id":289,"date":"2013-08-04T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/?p=289"},"modified":"2013-09-23T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:43:11","slug":"the-first-days-in-hiroshima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.mah.se\/studyabroad\/2013\/08\/04\/the-first-days-in-hiroshima\/","title":{"rendered":"The first days in Hiroshima!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phew!<\/p>\n

Welcome everybody! After an action packed week in Tokyo with my fellow student Sofia Wachtmeister, we took the Shinkansen (the fastest train in the world!) to Saijo, Hiroshima. And there is certainly no rest for the wicked!<\/p>\n

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So far the Master\u2019s Summer School on Global Citizenship and Peace has introduced us to a wonderful group of people, all of different national origin and with different stories of life. Except for us Swedes, the other students are from Indonesia, South Korea, Italy, Spain, USA, Vietnam, Denmark, Australia and China.<\/p>\n

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We have engaged in interesting discussions on global citizenship, tried the local cuisine (Okonomiyaki, delicious!) and started to conspire against each other for the UN role-play on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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We have all prepared a paper for this week, covering one of four themes on global citizenship and peace. These are to be presented and critiqued by other members of the group. As one of the first discussant and presenter, I found that it was an enlightening experience to have such a mixed group with different background to give me feedback. At this course, we have come in contact with differing teaching styles and study techniques \u2013 due to the different backgrounds of both teachers and participants \u2013 but what we’ve realized is that despite cultural and academic differences, many of us a working towards the same goal: bettering our understanding of the world and our role in it.<\/p>\n

At the welcoming party that was held this night, we also got a chance to mingle with participants of other groups. As these couple of days have passed, we are starting to realize that the coming week will be as intense as it will be fun!<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for Sofia\u2019s account of crazy Tokyo and the upcoming activities of Hiroshima!<\/p>\n

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