Quotations from students’ field journals
| Themes . | Subthemes . | Quotations . | Source . |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory into practice | Practicing informal interviews | We interviewed many people, and we were doing observation. They told us their thoughts, aspirations, and pain points | Case 1, student 5 |
| Practicing informal interviews | We split up into 2 groups for the interviews. Each person we interviewed had differences but their main and common problem was the lack of water during summer | Case 1, Student 1 | |
| Practicing PRA | While we were working on the PRA we understood more about the village and the inter-relation of issues they faced | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Practicing PRA | We were focused on identifying an issue that needs to be addressed and implemented. I had also prepared questions on my own pertaining to the issue they faced | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Synthesizing the work done | We were happy that we had discovered the knots of our issue and now we have to discuss and implement an effective solution | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Learning beyond academics | Team work | Planned to split into three. One team will go for observation. Another for interview and another for mapping | Case 1, Student 6 |
| Team work | The previous night we sat together discussing what the final report would need and if we have enough pictures and videos | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Going beyond what you are asked for | We worked on the lemongrass plant … We did the whole process again. We finished and then we understood the process. Tomorrow we have to teach three ladies. So we discussed about how to teach them better | Case 1, student 5 | |
| Learn other things | We didn’t know many types of trees. We had to use google lens for that | Case 1, Student 5 | |
| Learn other things | As we didn't have any knowledge about Odiya and Ho, and even Hindi we know only to some extent, it was really a tough time for us. We thought of doing pictorial representation to people by showing the pictures in our mobile | Case 2, Student 2 | |
| Students learning from villagers | Experiencing village hardships | [We experienced] The pain and struggle of living in a remote village without basic needs like water. We should practice to use water economically so that it won't get over my the mid day | Case 1, Student 6 |
| Experiencing village hardships | I spoke with the people. Many had lot of problems, but in spite of all the problems, they told they were happy. It amazed me | Case 1, student 3 | |
| Experiencing village hardships | We were out of electricity and water and the experience was stifling to say the least | Case 2, Student 4 | |
| Emotions | It was hard to believe that 62 year old women danced like a 12 year old child | Case 2, Student 1 | |
| Emotions | Today we had a real life memorable experience. [We] Faced real life situations. Both likable and unlikable | Case 1, Student 6 | |
| Emotions | [on interviewing an old farmer] I was very happy to see their hard work even in that age | Case 2, Student 1 |
| Themes . | Subthemes . | Quotations . | Source . |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theory into practice | Practicing informal interviews | We interviewed many people, and we were doing observation. They told us their thoughts, aspirations, and pain points | Case 1, student 5 |
| Practicing informal interviews | We split up into 2 groups for the interviews. Each person we interviewed had differences but their main and common problem was the lack of water during summer | Case 1, Student 1 | |
| Practicing PRA | While we were working on the PRA we understood more about the village and the inter-relation of issues they faced | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Practicing PRA | We were focused on identifying an issue that needs to be addressed and implemented. I had also prepared questions on my own pertaining to the issue they faced | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Synthesizing the work done | We were happy that we had discovered the knots of our issue and now we have to discuss and implement an effective solution | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Learning beyond academics | Team work | Planned to split into three. One team will go for observation. Another for interview and another for mapping | Case 1, Student 6 |
| Team work | The previous night we sat together discussing what the final report would need and if we have enough pictures and videos | Case 2, Student 3 | |
| Going beyond what you are asked for | We worked on the lemongrass plant … We did the whole process again. We finished and then we understood the process. Tomorrow we have to teach three ladies. So we discussed about how to teach them better | Case 1, student 5 | |
| Learn other things | We didn’t know many types of trees. We had to use google lens for that | Case 1, Student 5 | |
| Learn other things | As we didn't have any knowledge about Odiya and Ho, and even Hindi we know only to some extent, it was really a tough time for us. We thought of doing pictorial representation to people by showing the pictures in our mobile | Case 2, Student 2 | |
| Students learning from villagers | Experiencing village hardships | [We experienced] The pain and struggle of living in a remote village without basic needs like water. We should practice to use water economically so that it won't get over my the mid day | Case 1, Student 6 |
| Experiencing village hardships | I spoke with the people. Many had lot of problems, but in spite of all the problems, they told they were happy. It amazed me | Case 1, student 3 | |
| Experiencing village hardships | We were out of electricity and water and the experience was stifling to say the least | Case 2, Student 4 | |
| Emotions | It was hard to believe that 62 year old women danced like a 12 year old child | Case 2, Student 1 | |
| Emotions | Today we had a real life memorable experience. [We] Faced real life situations. Both likable and unlikable | Case 1, Student 6 | |
| Emotions | [on interviewing an old farmer] I was very happy to see their hard work even in that age | Case 2, Student 1 |