1. Explore key concepts like identity, power, privilege, and culture
2. Reflect and be aware of your own and others’ ways of making meaning and acting
3. Prepare for participation in short-term service learning by learning about how to engage in the local cultural context
There are many ways to learn about culture, but at Suwandi Foundation we believe a critical approach is best for our service-learners. A critical approach means that you will seek to understand cultural differences with Bali by also understanding your own culture. This leads to a more nuanced and complex understanding that can overcome judgment and stereotype.
On the ground, you will also be able to interpret knowledge about a culture through communicating with various people and their individual experiences. In that sense, we avoid generalizations.