Please look back in anger
13 years ago
The Warao are an indigenous group living in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela. Having done extencive fieldwork among them, this blog contains some reflections about how I am to portray these people in my ongoing Phd thesis. Given that this thesis is written for an academic audience, on material culture, some theoretical stuff is needed. But I aim to always ground my theory in sound ethnography.
2 comments:
I'm reading you. I also see that you have an incredible posting-speed. The tendency to turn towards yourself; the reflection inducing quality of blogs; is natural. It stems from the constant question: Why am I doing it?
And you should continue! We can always use the unsound argument: A lot of blogs ar worse than mine. It's like saying: I'm not right, but you are even less right, which make me less wrong, which almost makes what I say true.
Hello you guys!
I'm just wondering if this blogging activity really helps you in the process of writing the phd-dissertation? (as Christian suggests in his profile) If it does, I will seriously consider doing it myself..!
Is that why you do it? Or is it just a kind of (fun) procrastination? Or a need for public recognition or a desire for understanding yourselves..? I'm just wondering because I was thinking of blogging during my fieldwork, but then I thought that it would take up too much of my time... (it definitively takes time reading your stuff, but it is also inspiring - so please continue!:)
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