Training Workshop

30-05-2014 Training Workshop on Fieldwork Techniques

On 30th May 2014, at 9:30 a.m. , the Malaysian Chinese Research Centre MCRC)hosted a training workshop designed to equip several fieldwork research assistants for their first fieldwork trip to the Kuala Lumpur Hokkien Cemetery in June. This expedition falls under a research project led by our Researcher Dr. Ling Tek Soon, entitled “Abode of Dead, Depository of Knowledge and Contested Realms; A Study of Chinese Cemeteries in Malaysia”. During this workshop, Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Ong Siew Kian introduced the students to a range of techniques and procedures for carrying out fieldwork investigations. The workshop ended at 12:30 p.m.