PhD Blog
re-writing
February 3rd, 2012
I have been super silent lately… just too much to do I am afraid. I have finished my last chapter of PhD and now I am starting the re-writing of everything (yes, in this fast changing world whatever was written 5 years ago is really out of date!). At the same time I am solidly [...]
slow becoming
September 22nd, 2011
Tags: becoming, qualitative, reserach, slow, writing PhD
I am at the British Library, and I am reading Jenkins (What Happened before YouTube). I am looking for definitions of participatory & collaborative culture. I do not know if I am going to find what I am looking for in this article. Suddenly it strucks me: this is the hardest part of research; to [...]
energizing feed-back
September 21st, 2011
Tags: humility, students, workshop, writing PhD
To get back into the mood of writing I have asked some former students of mine to participate to a special feed-back workshop on my PhD. To my great surprise they said yes, they have read my chapters and they all came prepared with questions and criticisms. How exciting is that! From my side I [...]
back to work
September 2nd, 2011
Tags: holiday, kids, work-life balance
It has been a very loooooonnnngggg holiday indeed… when I came back home I had forgotten it’s layout! How strange to re-discover your own place!!! Anyhow, I have enjoyed 4 weeks of pure bliss with my kids and family around France. It is incredible how life can be easy when one has nothing to do [...]
un-achieved plans versus holidays
July 20th, 2011
Tags: carpe diem, guilt, holiday, writing PhD
Last few days of work before a long summer holiday with my family. I feel a little guilty about such a long break, because I am conscious that my PhD has not progressed very much lately… I have been too busy reading my MA student’s dissertations and trying to re-launch the i-docs.org website. There you [...]
