{"id":895,"date":"2017-09-05T11:29:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T10:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=895"},"modified":"2017-09-26T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T10:53:53","slug":"work-with-rmmru-and-deccma-seeing-a-new-side-of-bangladesh-and-feeling-a-deeper-connection-to-the-country-as-a-whole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2017\/09\/05\/work-with-rmmru-and-deccma-seeing-a-new-side-of-bangladesh-and-feeling-a-deeper-connection-to-the-country-as-a-whole\/","title":{"rendered":"Work with RMMRU and DECCMA: seeing a new side of Bangladesh and feeling a deeper connection to the country as a whole"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Rabeya Bosri Chandni, Research Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n

While working at RMMRU, it was easy to forget I was in an office. Everyone is very cordial there. Colleagues are often introduced as \u201csenior friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"image001\"We worked in Khulna, Jessore, and Bagerhat Districts. Among the various field-sites we worked at, I remember two names especially \u2013 Moralganj and Amurkata. In my opinion, the situation in Amurkata indicates the unequal development that occurs across Bangladesh. Many essential facilities seem to be lacking or in need of improvement. Similarly, people in Moralgonj face difficulties in accessing clean water, while also being vulnerable to getting trapped in the oppressive loan-interest cycle.<\/p>\n

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These experiences have certainly impacted my professional life, but they have also made an impression upon my personal life. The culture of teamwork that I encountered in the work especially, has influenced me in a personal way.\u00a0 Also, I feel even more connected to my identity as a Bangladeshi citizen because of my participation in this work.<\/p>\n

Through this work, I have seen my country in a new face, which is not gorgeous and\u00a0not well-developed. \u00a0It is, I think, a sleeping beauty.\u00a0 The visits to various Upzillas of Bangladesh have created a feeling of real citizenship for me. Living in a particular area gives a person a particular sense of identity, of belonging. However, I feel as if this fieldwork experience has enabled me to go beyond my Dhaka and Gazipur identities, so that I now feel that the whole country is my place.
\nI would like to thank the DECCMA project and all of my colleagues at RMMRU \u2013 I\u2019m grateful that I had the chance to work with them, and learn so many things from them.<\/p>\n

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by Rabeya Bosri Chandni, Research Assistant While working at RMMRU, it was easy to forget I was in an office. Everyone is very cordial there. Colleagues are often introduced as \u201csenior friends.\u201d We worked in Khulna, Jessore, and Bagerhat Districts. Among the various field-sites we worked at, I remember two names especially \u2013 Moralganj and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gbm-bangladesh","category-student-reporting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jyTh-er","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":899,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2017\/08\/14\/working-with-rmmru-on-deccma-and-the-memories-i-will-not-forget\/","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":0},"title":"Working with RMMRU on DECCMA; The memories I will not forget","author":"Carolin Bothe-Tews","date":"14th August 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Rafiqul Islam, Research Assistant (RMMRU) Life is full of experiences and\u00a0I want to share my experience about the journey to perform research with RMMRU and about the memorable time I spent with my colleagues. 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