Saturday, October 8, 2011
Look what I’ve found among the undead! It’s my blog! James and I moved back to Canada just in time for Christmas 2010, about the same time as I submitted five PhD applications. Only one of them was accepted, and that was at Columbia Teacher’s College. So here I am, getting a freaking doctorate in [...]
Thursday, September 16, 2010
In the past few months I’ve written many many thousands of words, just not here. Yesterday I handed in my dissertation, which in a fit of creativity I titled “A Review of Literacy Practices and Critique of an Evaluation of Ugandan Adult Literacy Development Programmes”. I feel a bit out to sea now; it’s been [...]
I had my first meeting yesterday with my supervisor, and it went fairly well. So far my progress has been limited to drafting the thesis proposal and finding a bunch of literature – so not very much, but I am quite well on track time-wise and the purpose of this meeting is just to make [...]
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Right here. Unfortunately this: is my life now. What I’m working on: 3500 words each on Oromo ethnicity and nationalism for my East Africa class, longterm conflict in Central Africa for Anthropology of Development class, and Lévi-Strauss’ structuralism in myth for Anthropological Theory class. Plus a 2500 word review of Shadows of War by Carolyn [...]
Classes started this week for me, and James starts his new job Monday morning, so we’ve begun to settle into our routine. My schedule is fairly good, except for the Friday thing. I have classes Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays – would much rather have Fridays off. But as long as I’m diligent enough to keep [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
I left my house early this morning to go to school – not that classes have started or anything, in fact I’m not supposed to enrol until tomorrow – but there were free yoga classes at the Institute of Education, so I decided to go to the 9 am one. My commute – 4.8 miles [...]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Applying for a UK student visa is a process fraught with bureaucracy and idiocy. I mailed mine today (99% sure everything is correct) and so I’m going to write a little bit about the process. First, if you live in Canada or the US (and possibly other countries, I don’t know) you have to go [...]
The thing that has been occupying my mind the most is housing. It’s really not the first priority (that would be getting visas) but I’ve started spending ridiculous amounts of time combing through housing ads. Here are some things British housing ads feature that Canadian ones generally do not: rents are generally listed weekly; the [...]
As you may or may not know, studying and/or working in another country involves getting a visa. I need a student visa, and my husband comes along as my dependent – odd, since *I* won’t be making any money, and his official job description is now Sugar Daddy. In any case, the British immigration office [...]
As of now, this blog is gonna be about going back to school and being an expat. Why? Because I’ve been accepted to the MA Social Anthropology of Development program, at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. In other words: Moving to London. In two months. I’m gonna be BUSY.