Every now and again I check in on America.
What a big fat idiot.
I could conitnue searching for news, a general feel, but I have a thesis proposal to amend. It's due next week. Have to tighten up the methods section. There are tools available, including caffeine, which streamlines my thoughts and somehow keeps me trained on the computer for longer than I would be if I were undercaffeinated. Send dexidrene please. Never mind that. If I have to get loaded to do it, then it doesnt need to be done.
I'm headed to Chicago next month for a few days to attend a conference It is right on target for my thesis topic, but I have no idea yet how I will use the visit in my research, or even if I will. My interest in the event is to leave theory for a minute and dive into real life - see what the people about whom I have been reading, writing and upon whose actions I have formed the core of my research questions are doing. A smart thing to do would be to contact the event directors and relay my desire to interview organizers.This requires a bit of deep thinking (like, today) and commitment on my part but is also risky as then the heart of my research will depend on another - will they show up, for example. On the other hand, people love to talk about themselves (haha...BLOG), so how hard can it be to nail down maybe ten interviews? Anybody with interview-based field research experience here? Contact me.
So, thinking out loud here I think I should now get back to work and see how I can set up ten interviews while I am in Chicago. And drafting an interview guide. But before that, going through my (are you bored yet? my god you should have fell asleep ages ago) research questions to nail down EXACTLY what I hope the interviews will highlight, provide, support, deny.
And here I have only been looking forward to stocking up on Benadryl. It isn't sold here.
I have been out of the U.S. for seven months now. Wonder what it will be like to be back for a spell?
