It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but a lot has happened in the past two weeks. I turned in my dissertation on time, and had several days to edit, so I’m completely done with all the work for my MA. That evening I celebrated with loads of people from Kings Road, my program, [...]
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Life After ADST
Posted in Anthro/Development on September 11, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Dissertation Update
Posted in Anthro/Development on August 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
18,000 words down, one conclusion and LOTS (and I mean LOTS) of editing to go.
Cannot wait to be done!
Dissertation Blues, and a Cold (But wait, there’s good news too!)
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on August 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The dissertation is slowly but surely growing, and I’m finally approaching the 15,000 word mark (which I will hopefully surpass tomorrow). For the past couple of weeks my routine has primarily consisted of waking up early, showering, breakfast, putting on pajamas (my dissertation uniform), and writing (or trying to write) all day. Sometimes I may [...]
Feeling Inspired
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on August 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Well, at least a little. My goal for today was writing at least 2,000 words, but that has not begun to happen yet. Instead, I have spent most of today thinking about the organization of my dissertation, looking back over my fall term’s course notes, and pondering my master’s program in general. The sad thing [...]
Bringing Phoenix home
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on August 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
It feels good to be back in Brighton for more than a three-day stint, after going home and traveling back and forth between here and Oxford so much for the past couple of weeks. I’ve really enjoyed being with Thad and his housemates in the house (so different from being in college accommodation!), but it [...]
Dissertation Stuff
Posted in Anthro/Development on May 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This week I had my first supervisor meeting, so I'm into full swing trying to get research and reading done for my dissertation. Ann was really helpful and suggested I start by ensuring there's enough empirical material out there for what I want to do. I am still trying to formulate an argument around gender [...]
Harry Potter citation!
Posted in Anthro/Development, Movies/Books on April 9, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Perhaps I’m finding this more entertaining than I should, but I just read an article that cited Harry Potter! And, believe it or not this is an article about Maasai pastoralists in Kenya.
So, apparently there is a guy named Harry L. Potter who wrote an article titled “Some Thoughts on the Prospects for Diversification [...]
Interesting article
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on March 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Today, while taking a short break from writing, I came across this article about how an increasing number of young professionals are shying away from corporate careers and becoming organic farmers. It kinda made me wish I was doing something outdoors, instead of staying cooped up in my flat reading articles and writing papers. Oh [...]
Sickness, and recovering
Posted in Anthro/Development, Random on March 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, a lot has happened since my last post! I was very, very sick for a few days, for one thing. I rarely get physically upset-stomach sick, but I definitely did late last week. It was about three days before my stomach could handle food (other than Sprite and broth-like soup), which meant that Thad [...]
Dog food aid to Kenya??!
Posted in Anthro/Development on January 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is an interesting development – a dog food company that offered to send products to Kenya to help with the current food shortage. According to the article, the company’s founder has a mixture that is suitable for human consumption, and she even sprinkles some of it on her porridge every morning! However, despite the [...]
