Abstract:
The Posdbjjitlesof internationalized Panning curricula are manifold. For students this includes scope to their horizons for planing careers and to develop reflective understandings of planning issues in
their home environment. For educators, it provides a fertile environment for exploring cross-cultural
encounter, space to investigate varied planning traditions, and to situate examples used throughout the
literature and in class-based settings. These possibilities are well-discussed in literature emanating from
a range of disciplines, including planning. In planning, professional and academic discourse offers a way
for students to communicate and conceptualise field studies within a common (universal) understanding
of traditions of planning practice and public policy solutions. The ethical and political implications of
working internationally can, however, be masked within this situation. Planning is inherently political, and
contextual yet the explicit dilemmas of the political and economic setting can appear hidden within a
short, project-focussed, planning field studies exercise. Using the example of three field/project visits in
tsunami and conflict affected areas of Sri Lanka, this paper will explore issues in incorporating
of ethical dilemmas and political settings into the project.
awareness of ethical dilemmas and political settings into the project.
