miércoles, 27 de junio de 2012

still not clear

trying my best to clarify my thoughts. i feel i will make it, but right now it is unclear where i am going with this chapter.

on another note, here is a good quote from deleuze about children

"Parents are themselves a milieu that children travel through: they pass through its qualities and powers and make a map of them. (…) There is never a moment when children are not already plunged into an actual milieu in which they are moving about, and in which the parents as persons simply play the roles of openers or closers of doors, guardians of thresholds, connectors or disconnectors of zones. The parents always occupy a position in a world that is not derived from them. Even with an infant, the parents are defined in relation to a continent-bed, as agents along the child’s route (Deleuze. 1997. What Children Say, Essays Critical and Clinical. Translated by Daniel W. Smith and Michael A. 

viernes, 22 de junio de 2012

update

Clouds on the horizon. In the last days I have a feeling that everything that I write doesn't make much sense. That is just a bunch of texts put one next to the other. Some random data from my fieldwork plus brief concepts and ideas from others... I guess at one point my mind will clear a bit and I will finish the chapter...

miércoles, 20 de junio de 2012

scrivener

starting to use the trial version of scrivener to write my ch4. i've found it very useful. we'll see how it goes. if i can write my chapter well i may buy it. in the meantime, relieved that the stress on my head is just a muscle spasm. still my back is stiff as a rock. missing yoga for the last 1.5 years... though can't complain because life is good, and F is so wonderful. my writing? ok, today i wrote a bit. trying to make sense of children and childhood in the context of my research. What are the beliefs about what children are, and not only what should be “done” with them but also what can medicalized children’s bodies do (under these circumstances)? 

sábado, 16 de junio de 2012

waking up late, having breakfast late, reading newspapers for a while, A mad at me because we don't go outside, getting outside to the library with F, coming back, short nap for F, and getting out again to E house welcoming party... no work on my dissertation at all today.

viernes, 15 de junio de 2012

jueves, 14 de junio de 2012

3p outline of my dissertation and ch4

Today I just sent my 3p outline to my supervisor and I will start to write ch4. Which in fact was split from Ch3 so I do have some stuff already written. I will need to read it and see what things stay and what don't and what needs to be added and improved.

martes, 12 de junio de 2012

yes.

Today I've sent a draft of Chapter 3 (which I think now is Chapter 2) to my supervisor... Good.

...working...

Yesterday I worked on Ch3, I am getting there but slowly. I am hoping to finish the draft today... We'll see.

domingo, 10 de junio de 2012

Last Friday... work with the TA Union and then nothing on my dissertation...
Weekend, bike, playgrounds, and seeing friends with Ana and Franka... and nothing on my dissertation.

jueves, 7 de junio de 2012

OK. I am back.

I will try to write something everyday about my dissertation-writing-process. I am not sure if I will be as funny as JP on his Como hago una tesis but I will try to record my ups and downs, my hopefully getting-close-to-the-shore journey. So. Today, I am happy because I left the computer on the table, printed one part of Chapter 3 and worked on it during the morning. I can't do anything if I am working on my computer. Here's a tip: once you have something, print and work on paper, you can move forward quickly.