16: Gego (Muhammad Ashry Sallatu) on diving into blue water & big fears

When Gego (that's what Muhammad is called by his friends) conducted his PhD-fieldwork in Indonesia, he entered multiple new worlds: the world of anthropology, a region with nature so pristine he did not know it existed, and the world of deep water diving. Only problem: he did not know how to dive. When he entered the water, he was touched by underwater beauty, but confronted with his biggest fears. In this episode, he shares the story of how he overcame his initial panic, and how his fieldwork under water changed him forever.    Gego is a lecturer at Hasanuddin University, in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of International Relations. Currently, he is in his fifth year of PhD at the University of Amsterdam, and his study is supported by the LPDP Scholarship from the government of Indonesia. His PhD research focuses on the complexities of the interplay between tourism and conservation in Wakatobi, Indonesia.   If you want to receive additional photos from the field, personal drawings and behind-the-screens information accompanying the episodes of The Emic, subscribe to Roanne's free monthly email: www.anthropologyofthefuture.com/the-emic