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Molecular biology --- General biophysics --- Medical microbiology, virology, parasitology --- Biotechnology --- biofysica --- virologie --- biotechnologie --- genetische manipulatie --- biomechanica

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On the 25th of April 2015, a devastating earthquake hit Nepal. According to UN Dispatch, 8,617 people were killed, 18,808 people were injured, 2.8 million people were displaced and 473,000 houses were destroyed. Many buildings considered World Heritage collapsed or were severely damaged. Entire villages were wiped off the map. The country was in ruins.A call for help was sent throughout the world. There was a quick response from the international community as well as from local organizations. However, it was clear from the beginning that the recovery would take years if not decades. Not only because of Nepal’s fragile economy, but because of its lack of infrastructure and the complexity of its geography. As the dust began to settle, another reality emerged. Nepal’s education system had also been severely hit. Around 5,000 schools across the country had been damaged. Some of them were reduced to rubble while many others were just waiting to fall. The government could not take on the task of re-building all of them by itself, so it relied on the support of foreign governments and international and local organizations to fulfill its duty. Among these organizations was the Centre for Educational Policies and Practices (CEPP). A local NGO dating back to 1991 whose focus is on education. Among the members of the board is Mr. Teeka R. Bhattarai, an educational activist and graduate from the University of KU Leuven in Belgium. It was Mr. Bhattarai who first thought about inviting the University of KU Leuven to work together with CEPP in the reconstruction of the schools of Nepal. With this purpose in mind, he approached the Faculty of Architecture of the KU Leuven University. As a result, the Master Thesis Studio “Nepal, The Ideal School” was created. To define the problem, elaborate the research questions and establish a clear objective for this thesis, a preliminary research and literature review were conducted. The preliminary research was carried out in two stages. The first stage consisted of a series of lectures given in Ghent during the months of October and November by Professors Tom Callebout, Hilde Bouchez, Klaas Vanslembrouck and Ignaas Back, and guest lecturers Floortje Vantomme from Tapis Plein and student colleague Juan Thibaut who worked at the Kali Devi school in Makwanpur during the summer of 2017. These lectures along with the preliminary literature review were a great insight to some key cultural aspects of Nepal and the situation of the country in general which are shown in the first part of this section. The second stage of the preliminary research consisted of a five-week stay in Nepal which included, a one-week stay with the families of the children attending the Kali Devi school and a research trip through Kathmandu, Pokhara, The Annapurna Conservation region and Lumbini . This was an incredibly rich experience that gave me a broader perspective of Nepalese culture as well as their problems and needs. Once the preliminary research phase was concluded, the problem, research questions and objectives for the thesis were outlined and a deeper research based on a broader but more specific literature review was conducted.This resulted in a preliminary design which gave way to further discussion and more research. This process lasted for weeks until a final design that responded to the research questions and the objective of the thesis was achieved.

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Ethnology --- Sex differences --- Psychoanalysis and anthropology --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Différences entre sexes --- Psychanalyse et anthropologie --- Anthropologie clinique --- --Psychanalyse --- --Identité culturelle --- --Intercultural communication --- Communication --- Interpersonal relations and culture --- Social aspects --- Différences entre sexes --- Psychanalyse --- Identité culturelle --- Intercultural communication --- Communication - Social aspects