Academica Dramatica

Academica Dramatica x The real lessons I learnt at OIISDP.

There are some things in life that you just cannot […]

This semester, I pledge to

1) have lunch away from my work desk as much as possible because I need air and some form of social interaction with nature and/or people 2) set some time […]

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Academica Dramatica x Motivation +1

Anette was very sweet to invite me to her dissertation defense celebrations as Sara’s plus one in June. The Swedes at JIBS sure do know how to party in style. I […]

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Academica Dramatica x Placelessness.

Email Reminder: Your flight is departing in 7 days’ time. Every time I am tasked to do a big piece of (presumptuous) brainy writing, I end up on 1 of […]

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Into the woods.

A mini-mini #aas12 reunion with bekbek in Stockholm earlier this month. Always thankful for the gems in academia who keep me grounded, are my voice of reason, share their life […]

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Academica Dramatica x Life Advice.

Wise words from a senior academic: “You should never feel ‘small’! After all, you know far more about your research topic than anyone else. So don’t let some academic looking […]

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Reading list for the Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme 2014 (OIISDP 14). Original here. Internet Geographies: Data Shadows and Digital Divisions of Labour – Mark Graham Graham, M., Hogan, […]

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Academica Dramatica x Negotiating Intellect at Conference Questioning (sort of…)

This is a completely useless but mildly entertaining tongue-in-cheek observation […]

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Hiatus? Hiatus.

I think I am going to take a mental health month all of July (sort of), and also spend some time pursuing my non-academic interests terrorizing strangers with my globe-trotting […]

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Lifestyle upgrades.

I have been making a few tweaks in my lifestyle, in a bid to have some semblance of a (restful?) quality of life – I don’t actually know if this […]

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Counting down to a brief respite…

For the rest of May, all I have to do is: – conquer another 7 days of teaching – grade 100 oral presentations – grade 55 communication folios – revise […]

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SOS.

I desire nothing more than to laze along the river with some Fay Weldon right now. My life has been overtaken by undergrad marking of late. Just completed a first […]

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Academic dressing (?)

This is me on a regular day teaching on campus. Walking in front of a group of primary schoolers. Boy says: “That girl has the same bag pack as me […]

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The level of inertia is over 9,000…

Am having a really off week in thesis land. Set aside an eight-hour block to work on my chapter today only to end up sleeping six of those away. Sleep […]

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Separating the person from the product

Greetings from day 3 of 5 of the Postgraduate Writing Retreat that I am attempting to survive this week. I am also secretly blogging from the retreat because I need […]

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Academica Dramatica x Academic Angels

This is going to be long. As a third year PhD candidate who is plagued by the impostor syndrome, I find myself the most under-qualified, out-of-place, socially awkward person in […]

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Reeducating my writing habits.

I don’t know about you, but I would definitely pass out and die in a marathon. My writing habit is to, to borrow from the ever fabulous Mean Girls, “word […]

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401.

I endeavour to be as calm as this gentleman looking out to sea at Broadbeach. – My scholarship runs out in exactly 401 days. Having just returned from fieldwork and […]

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Hello Perth, I’ve missed you.

Back in Perth for a quick breather with several missions in tow. It’s been a hectic yet restful two days thus far, if that makes sense. Lots to accomplish before […]

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Life…

… has been a hectic blur in the past couple of months. Creative Colosoul Copyediting for the coping issue of Colosoul has been completed! I’ve had tremendous fun vetting through […]

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I survived my first TWG!

The Thesis Writing Workshop, or TWG, is one of several initiatives by our very loving postgraduates here at the department of Anthropology & Sociology at UWA. Postgraduates submit a piece […]

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Academica Dramatica

Academica Dramatica x The real lessons I learnt at OIISDP.

This semester, I pledge to

Academica Dramatica x Motivation +1

Academica Dramatica x Placelessness.

Into the woods.

Academica Dramatica x Life Advice.

OII SDP 2014 Reading List

Academica Dramatica x Negotiating Intellect at Conference Questioning (sort of…)

Hiatus? Hiatus.

Lifestyle upgrades.

Counting down to a brief respite…

SOS.

Academic dressing (?)

The level of inertia is over 9,000…

Separating the person from the product

Academica Dramatica x Academic Angels

Reeducating my writing habits.

401.

Hello Perth, I’ve missed you.

Life…

I survived my first TWG!