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I chose to study geography because I was interested in the relationship between people and nature, Kavita says.

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The issues are the same, but I find that we get new perspectives during the studies here.

Kavita Thapa (29) is a student from Nepal in the Master's Programme in Development Geography. Kavita began her geography studies at home in ­Nepal and has been a student at UiB for almost two years. She likes that the courses focus on livelihood as well as social issues. During her studies in ­Bergen, she has taken courses such as Critical Perspectives on Environment and Development and Qualitative Methods. The students also do fieldwork as a part of their master’s thesis. Kavita went to Nepal to do her fieldwork.

– I write about agriculture and gender relations in my thesis, she says. After finishing her thesis, she wants to ­establish a business on her own back in her home country.

 

Critical angle

Some things are a little bit different when you study in another country.

– The issues are the same, but I find that we get new perspectives during the studies here, Kavita says.

She thinks the critical angle at the University of Bergen is interesting. The learning environment is also slightly different from what she was used to.

– We have a lot of group discussions and we all have to do presentations, she says. The group discussions allow us to get new perspectives and ideas from each other and give us an opportunity get to know each other better.

 

Finds Bergen familiar

Even though Bergen is a long way from her home country, Kavita finds the city to be quite familiar.

– It feels almost like my home town, with the valley and the rain, she says.

Bergen is a city of varied weather, and Kavita remembers the first time she experienced the snow.

– I’m used to seeing snow far away up in the mountains, but here it was in the streets and everywhere.