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Farrah Hasan<\/a> is a second-year Master\u2019s student at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs<\/a> and 2023-24 FLAS fellow<\/a> in Advanced Bangla. In summer 2023, she undertook fieldwork in Mongla, Bangladesh to conduct research as part of her Master\u2019s thesis, interviewing flood induced and non-flood induced migrants regarding their quality of life, as well as NGOs and political officials on their plans and barriers in providing services and establishing resilient infrastructure. Her thesis is titled \u201cResilient Destination Cities: Migrant Resettlement in Mongla, BD<\/span><\/i>.”<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The auto rickshaw finally comes to a stop, and I step into the sun-steeped afternoon. My research assistant hurries to a group of women gathered in front of a tin roof house. One of them excitedly asks, \u201cSo where\u2019s the American girl?\u201d With a timid smile, I introduce myself. They smile wide and lead me inside. It was my first day on the field, in this small Bangladeshi town, meeting with a migrant focus group. Me, my assistant, and seven women. Some crowd on the bed, and a few stand by the doorframe. I open with simple questions, \u201cWhere is your village? When did you come to Mongla?\u201d They become increasingly engaged as the questions progress, rushing to share their stories. I frantically scribble notes, but I stop when one of them says, \u201cPeople die without water. How will we survive here?\u201d I meet her eyes, feeling both awe and sadness by how simply she said it. I don\u2019t lift my pen for the rest of the afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Farrah interviewing a flood induced migrant in Mongla<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I was a college junior when I first learned about climate migration, and I couldn\u2019t put my pen down. I joined qualitative research projects based in both my hometown and my motherland, and I listened to every interview. I heard a man say climate gentrification was like the Trail of Tears, being marched from his Miami neighborhood to some unknown place. I heard a woman from coastal Bangladesh recount the day she lost her baby to a flood. They will never know me, but their voices still ring in my ears. I was too moved to choose a path other than qualitative research. After being on the field, I doubt there will be another cause I am so consumed by, a narrative I so deeply want to be part of.<\/p>\n

I would not have been able to connect so deeply to the people of Bangladesh had it not been for FLAS<\/a>. Before beginning Bangla at UW<\/a>, I couldn\u2019t even read the script, and now, I\u2019m able to scan and translate my Bangla transcripts with ease. Professor Nandini Abedin<\/a> was extremely helpful in preparing me for the field; we went over a few environmental readings in class so I would be familiar with climate lexicon. She also helped me revise my interview protocol for clarity and contextual language. Even when my interviews went off script, studying Bangla has given me the confidence to be engaged without a translator. On a personal level, I was also able to bond with my family in Dhaka on a much deeper level; we were able to discuss religion, travel, ambitions. My relationships have undergone a permanent and beautiful change, even with the oceans separating me from my family, the new substantive nature of our phone calls will keep us close.<\/p>\n

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Farrah meeting family in Sylhet.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That first day on the field, the focus group reminded me why I was there, and why I had to return. About ten minutes in, I was sweating. Two women hovered over me with fans. I laughed awkwardly, \u201cThey warned me I wasn\u2019t ready for summer in your district. They were right.\u201d They joined in my laughter, and a woman on the bed said, \u201cAnd still you came!\u201d In that moment, we weren\u2019t interviewer and interviewee. We were strangers in a tin-roofed refuge with seeping July heat, sharing a language and a laugh. When they first saw me, it was unclear where the American girl was. In an alternate lifetime, with fewer strokes of luck in my ancestry, my village too could have been lost to a river, and I could have been among them. FLAS has provided the opportunity to connect with migrants myself, propelling a career of personal significance and thoughtful engagement; for this, I am beyond grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Farrah Hasan is a second-year Master\u2019s student at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and 2023-24 FLAS fellow in Advanced Bangla. In summer 2023, she undertook fieldwork in Mongla, Bangladesh to conduct research as part of her Master\u2019s thesis, interviewing flood induced and non-flood induced migrants regarding their quality of life, as well as<\/p>\n

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