Nine USP students will travel to Henan, Shanxi and Beijing to examine the ways in which people conceptualise and create artistic expressions of Buddhism. Buddhism in Asia was launched in 2009, initiated by a group of USP students who were inspired by classes on religion and religiosity.

Nine USP students will travel to three fishing villages in the state of Perak and will stay in the villages for the course of the study. Since 2012, Forgotten Communities has brought students to Malaysia to engage in ethnographic research and contribute to mapping the community assets of rural New Villages.