2016
2016 was an important year. This is my personal take on it, but, as we know, personal is social and political. Continue reading “2016”
Research assumptions
Today I want to write about assumptions we make in our research. As we describe our research, particularly its methodology, we often make a series of assumptions underlying it. And yet, I think there is another set we tend not to explicate, simply going along with how things are done. After all, research is a social practice.
My academic failures
Prof. Alex Clark has tweeted again about academic failure. I agree with him, yes, failure can be educational, yes, it can be transformative. But in this post I want to write about academic failures (they were legion) the way I have experienced them over the years. Continue reading “My academic failures”
Unsayable statements
In this post I want to finish the story of the phone call from the previous post. My doctor’s receptionist phoned me asking to make a ‘routine appointment’. I saw a doctor – the conversation reinforced my conviction that my doctors and I live in different universes. Continue reading “Unsayable statements”