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Posts Tagged academic

On Avoiding Writing, P. J. O’Rourke

Sometimes it feels so nice to have a reminder that you are not the only writer who procrastinates. Right now I am balancing two Research Assistant jobs, my thesis writing/researching, household chores and errands, and planning my upcoming nuptials (we’ve decided to have a winter wedding!) - because I’m CRAZY.  I am in the habit [...]


So much I never knew I needed [wanted] to read, but oh do I

Things have been so perplexing lately - I hate not knowing what’s ahead. I am waiting to find out about three masters applications, am still unsure about when I’m leaving for Europe (April or May? yes - this April or May!), and I don’t really know what city I’m going to be living in [...]


Link Love of Late

(Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
Re: Why are you a vegan? - Big Think - One of the best video responses to the question I’ve seen.
7 Habits of Highly Innovative People | ThinkSimpleNow.com
Less internets please | Ask MetaFilter
Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » How to [...]


Should Animal Studies Scholars/Theorists Be Animal Advocates?

I have subscribe to the H-Animal mailing list, a great virtual conversation happening among multi-disciplinary scholars engaged in “the study of animals in human culture.” Lately the conversation has gotten more and more interesting as one member asked the question, should animal studies researchers also be animal advocates? Many people responded on both [...]


Published!!! Developing a Writing Career?

I just received my contributor copies of Border Crossings magazine, a well-respected Canadian arts magazine distributed nationally. Last summer I had the opportunity to review an exhibition entitled Oil Spill: New Painting in Ontario at Saw Gallery, a local artist-run gallery. It was a huge challenge to write effectively about six artists [...]


Updates: Tumblr Infatuation and the Usual Stress Noises

What’s new?
1. Ever heard of any kind of disorder along the lines of self-destructive busy-itis or chronic-bee syndrome? I think that since I was perpetually busy in university with a 20 hour per week job and full time classes, I now have the tendency to take on an abundance of projects to [...]


Museums Without Walls: Brainstorming CGS Thesis Proposal

My thesis proposal deals with issues of the new, participatory web and how it can be used to improve art gallery involvement with their audience. Honestly, I want all art to be free to circulate online.   I know that many galleries have vaults full of fascinating artworks that are seldom shown in the [...]


Improving my writing Part I: Exploring Fear in the Writing Process

I am always looking for ways to improve my writing.  Part of the problem is my tendency to underestimate my own abilities, second-guess myself, and generally over-analyze.  In the process I make myself pretty spooked about writing major papers that have major consequences for my life.  I have come to realize that fear which might [...]


“Makeshift Museums: How the New Spaces of the Web are Shaping Art Experience.”

Here is my Ontario Graduate Scholarship application in full.  Not sure how happy I am with it, (just as any writer, nothing is every really perfect for me) but it’s meant to be a brief one page introduction to the area of study I’m interested in:
The virtual world of the Internet has been described by [...]