Welcome to the SATA Vietnam 2006 Blog
Reflections and commentary by Connecticut College student David Owyang '07, an economics major who hails from San Francisco, as he spends the semester living and studying in Hanoi with his professors and a handful of students on one of CC's unique Study Away/Teach Away programs - SATA Vietnam 2006.
The SATA Vietnam 2006 program is the fifth of its kind. Directed by CC economics professors Donald Peppard and Rolf Jensen, SATA Vietnam offers a small group of students of diverse majors the chance to become immersed in the life of this developing country, whose history is intrinsically interesting and at the same time inseparably a part of major currents in world affairs.
Colonialism and its aftermath, the Cold War, Confucianism and Communism, war and revolution, globalization: all are manifest in the atmosphere of Hanoi.
David's imagery, insights and observations on his studies and sojourns in the bustling city of Hanoi will be posted every few days.