On the 4th & 11th November, IUP students batch 2020 had their field study for Psychology & Culture course. The activity was conducted in Taman Dolanan with the purpose of visiting the Jamlang Gentong Community. Jamblang Gentong is a community which has a vision of developing a cultural tourist spot that is capable of conserving traditional games. The community has various activities such as ecoprint, musical performances which use several kinds of wastes as their costumes materials during their performance. From these activities, they encourage the society and their surroundings to implement a sustainable and eco friendly lifestyle. In Taman Dolanan, the students were also introduced to various traditional games and they were also capable of participating in the conduct of traditional games. The students started to observe the surroundings of Taman Dolan by acknowledging the activities of the society, villages, and schools.
During the 2nd session on the 11th November, students began to interview the members of the community in order to complete their mini qualitative research for the Psychology & Culture class. The theme of the research was also divided such as gender roles, environment, etc. The purpose of the mini research is to introduce students about the culture of Javanese people in Taman Dolanan. After collecting their data, students also had a workshop about ecoprint where they were able to make drawings including from plant waste.