Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Lone Ethnography

In the middle of fieldwork, I'm really missing contact with other anthropologists. I'm not feeling challenged and it's really hard to stay motivated. Although I've met a few very lovely people in the field, who have been very helpful, it's just not the same as sharing dinner and some wine with my fellow students. Maybe it's just that I don;t feel like I am allowed to be inexperienced and ask stupid questions with these people. They're all so good at what they do. Fieldwork is commencing slowly however, but I'm finding plenty of interesting data, and am not worried for my thesis. I just wish there were more dinner dates involved in my topic...


On a different note, I have applied to a voluntary job with Antropologen.nl to be part of their websites editorial staff. I'd love to do it. I think it would be a good opportunity to meet new people, be more involved with anthropology in a practical way and get started reaching and uniting people through anthropology. 


Also, it's not my birthday anytime soon, and I won't be graduating for another few months, but please buy me this. Shane, The Lone Ethnographer by Sally Campbell Galman

Oh, and I'm trying to fix my photos and stuff, but google is making it difficult. Maybe a move to wordpress....