I spent quite a bit of time earlier this week screaming profanities at my computer and threatening to throw it against a wall because I just didn’t understand how to use EndNote. The seminars at uni on how-to always seem to be booked out long in advance, and I just couldn’t get my head around [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
Wanted to purchase: 1x writing mojo
The best thing I’ve written so far:
Surely ‘place’ is a challenging, if not unusual, concept to investigate in relation to the Internet. The context is non-physical by design, and this is seen as one of its many benefits: boundaries are broken down and space rendered meaningless. But then again, we are also regarded as existing [...]
July 23, 2008
Objectives, again…
I started typing out a rather emo and frustrated post about my research objectives earlier today, and then abandoned it as I decided it would probably be a more fruitful use of my time to do some reading about research methods, rather than bitch about my inability as a researcher. Anyway, out of the blue, [...]
July 23, 2008
Reasons why I need to get off my arse.
1. I had a week off work to catch up on my Candidacy Application. “A week” in the world of someone who only works Tuesday & Thursday mornings really means 12 days. Guess what I did? Returned two books to the library, chucked a hissy fit at the stupid effing photocopiers in the Robertson Library [...]
July 2, 2008
Or perhaps…
What is the role of blogging–a way of reconciling experience in the form of narrative–in the construction of self and the understanding of place?
In other news, I’m feeling really guilty for not having emailed my supervisor any work. But I am getting somewhere!!
July 2, 2008
Okay, seriously…
The question I just posted. Is it good enough?
Is blogging a way of reconciling experience in the form of narrative as a means of constructing self and understanding place?
It has my three main themes: narrative, self, and place. It refers to the central focus: blogging. It kind of refers to my major discussion point: that [...]
July 2, 2008
Thesis question, v2.0-2.6
How are bloggers using narrative as a means of exploring notions of self and the construction of identity?
How does writing for narrative storytelling online contribute to the construction of self and the exploration of place amongst bloggers?
Do bloggers use storytelling and narrative as a means of constructing self and reconciling with a particular identity?
How does [...]
