Friday meeting
09.10.2004Finally got together w/ my dissertation committee for a sit-down. We talked about my ten-month experience in Bolivia, my current funding situation, and future plans — especially the "finish-your-dissertation-soon" future. Which makes for a brief to-do list:
Write (short) introduction to dissertation, focusing on a "biographical" (how my in-field research differed from my pre-field expectations) take on my field work. Due end of September.
Develop an outline of upcoming chapters, w/ a paragraph or two on what each chapter covers. Also due end of September.
Prepare a methodology chapter detailing the content analysis coding structure I'm (still) developing.
Look for (and apply for) writing grants.
I also hope to get a few chapters drafted by early January. And this fall's plan includes massive amounts of data coding. Feel free to bug me, asking how much work I got done today. I need help staying on track sometimes.
Tonight I'm grocery shopping w/ Bay, then settling in for some food & TV or DVD watching. Tomorrow, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum is showing a September 11 film presentation (also Sunday). The 11'09"01 "film" is actually a collection of eleven, eleven-minute films by eleven filmmakers from around the world (Sean Penn was the American entry).
And bad news about abuelito today.
Posted by Miguel at 08:06 PM
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How long is a typical PSCI dissertation? Book length or publication length?
"Tomorrow, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum is showing a September 11 film presentation (also Sunday). The 11'09"01 "film" is actually a collection of eleven, eleven-minute films by eleven filmmakers from around the world (Sean Penn was the American entry)."
>> I really miss Kalamazoo!
Posted by: T'su Rii at September 10, 2004 08:33 PM
A dissertation is "long enough" (there's no min/max requirements). And if you miss Kzoo, you should come visit, eh?
Posted by: Miguel at September 10, 2004 08:45 PM
I'll get back pretty soon. Maybe bring along Cletus the moped. Never rolled through Kzoo on a ped. Might be memorable.
Posted by: T'su Rii at September 11, 2004 11:16 AM
Hope your abuelito's okay...
Posted by: Stephanie at September 13, 2004 12:48 AM