Sumaiya S. Udita gave the first presentation. Her visit was made to the BSMMU Outdoor area where she observed the physical environment, the nature of interactions between the staff and patients, the mental and physical state of some of the patients, the complaints the patients were making and the overall mood and environment of the BSMMU, the largest specialised hospital in our country. However, her presentation did not include any picture or video and so it lacked color and vibrancy of an ethnographic study. Udita has been asked to re-edit her presentation and bring it for coming Friday.
The second presentation was made by Meleching Marma. For her fieldwork study, she chose an area in Mirpur which is a popular public thoroughfare. Her presentation was full of ideas, pictures and explanations of the characters that she was able to capture in her mobile device. Meleching's presentation was made more interesting as she provided realistic conversation and then complemented these discussion between the street characters with her own imagination. Her presentation was attractive and colorful. In the final part, Meleching explained how she is going to use her fieldwork study to make more observation and include these observations in her Final Playwriting Project.
Kashfia Nahreen's presentation was based on her fieldwork visit to a market called "Bongobazar" near the Basundhara R/A. As the name suggests, it is a place of all sorts of clothes, jewelries, household items and everyday materials. It is a place frequented by mainly middle-income and lower-middle income group people. Through her observations, her photographs, and short videos, she presented a very colorful and lively community place where people come and interact as businesspeople, as consumers and also as visitors. Kashfia's presentation was full of very attractive descriptive elements as she also tried to analyse the people she met there. As she made multiple visits, her understanding of the place and its hidden secrets came out well through her descriptions.
Mehnab Arin Khan was the next presenter. Her area of observation was limited. She was only able to interact with one person near her house. The person, a woman street-vendor, gave a brief picture of her living circumstances. However, Mehnab's presentation was too short and did not include details of the chosen character. The audience were asked to come up with suggestions that could make Mehnab's presentation more attractive and those suggestions were written down by her. She has been asked to make her presentation again on the next class.
The fifth presentation was based on Janefer Alam's visit to Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. There she took a few photos of street vendors, mobile egg sellers, tea-stall owners etc. Her observations were fine. However, she did not explore much into the imagined life behind the apparent presence of the characters she attempted to portray. Janefer was asked to re-submit her presentation in the next class. (Added on 12 December: Janefer Alam submitted a full presentation based on her Field Work experience. This presentation was much improved in terms of content and style. She will definitely be able to use her fieldwork experience in writing her final plays.)
The final presentation was made by Tauhidur Rahman. This presentation had a few catches that made the audience attracted. Since we did not define whether any additional materials could be used for presentation, it was probably right that Tauhidur used a 4 minute short-film to introduce his location of field study. For his visit, he chose the Lalbagh Killa and its adjacent areas. He identified some of the linguistic uniqueness in the dialect of the residents of the place. Since Tauhidur himself a permanent resident of the locality, he was able to identify the special characters of the places that we generally associate with Old Dhaka, which we endearingly call "Puran Dhaka." Tauhidur singled out only three or four dialogues and showed how these are going to be used in his own playwriting works. Tauhidur showed how his sense of observation has improved my engaging his sensory organs to perceive the places he visited.
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