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Without his CFIA grant, Peter K. Hannam '87 would not have been able to research his thesis on small-scale development in Indonesian villages. "If I hadn't gotten the grant, there would have been no way for me to do this thesis. I had no money, and there are no library books on these Indonesian development attempts," Hannam says...
...Australian-born Hannam took a risk in researching his thesis as the authoritarian Indonesian government had officially outlawed foreign studies of villages during the summer. However, Hannam decided to go ahead with his project...
...sure people wondered what I was up to, because I was going to places tourists don't visit," Hannam says. "I'd have to make up stories all the time. I made up so many that I couldn't remember to whom I had told which story." Hannam ended up photocopying his notes and sending them home to Melbourne in case he was caught...
Since his studies at the United World College in Singapore, Hannam has known that he wants to study development. After reading a New York Times article on cooperatives in Indonesia, he decided to see if this alternative to large-scale development solved some of the problems of the third world country...
...Hannam said he will spend time at the Indoor Athletic Building (IAB), which will be open 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on December 21 through 30. The IAB will close at 4:30 p.m. on December 24 and will be closed Christmas and New Year's days...