What Has Been Really Nice to Remember From 2006:
- finishing the PhD, yesssssss!
- starting to tango –> I am enjoying every second of it. Especially I love milongas.
- meeting all my Belgian freinds at the beginning of the year.
- going to Matla and meeting my dear friend Alison again (we had been longing for this for ages).
- finishing the PhD, yesssssss!
- meeting all the friendly and great people from EU Kids Online network.
- doing the first ECPR Summer School in Ljubljana;)
- spending time with my precious nephews Zan and Jaka.
- finishing the PhD, yesssssss!
- oh yes, and finishing the PhD, yesssssss!
- and many many more, these only being the highlights;)
There have also been some very painful, sad and dreadful moments when I hurt people or was hurt (which was mostly, sadly, related to my selfish period of writing up) but I will leave those in 2006.
By Nana | December 31, 2006 | Topics: Personal | 3 Comments »
Postanje iz FF
No, te dni sem si vzela cas in sformatirala svoj laptop, in med nalaganjem novih reči dodala tud tale plug-in v FF. Baje mi omogoča direktno postanje v tale moj blog. Pa da vidmo, če se res kej prikaže;))
Publish to: Con Brio … klik …in?
By Nana | December 27, 2006 | Topics: Tech | 1 Comment »
Life After Becoming a Doctor –> in Working Terms
Lately, a question that at least two out of three persons ask me is: “So what do you do now that you have become a doctor?” This,of course, relates to my work load.
Everyone assumes that there is significantly less work. O_o, not!
Nothing much has really changed in the terms of work load. Just the structure is different. Beside being a teaching assistant, I have also began to lecture, which is far more demanding. The work for preparation of ECPR Summer School 2007 is already taking place. Then, EU Kids Online project also fills up some of my time. Next, I have to work on getting involved in new research projects.
Plus, numerus conferences are coming up so I am writing and sending abstracts and papers.
But all this is nothing. What I really must start working on, are articles out of my PhD. This is how I can really contribute to the scientific knowledge –> by publishing findings from the research in recognized international journals. To be honest, there is also a more pragmatic reasoning behind this than contributing to the knowledge. I need publications in order to get an assistant professorship without which I can’t really climb up the academic ladder. Not that I am pathologically ambitious, but it is a formal request for keeping my job.
Luckily enough, I really like what I do;)) Tho, it often brings me to the dilemma of what is still ‘healthy’ for my private life. I hope to find balance soon, before it is too late.
By Nana | December 19, 2006 | Topics: Personal, Research | 2 Comments »
Delayed Story from Hamburg
From now on (I am not exactly sure for how long, cos there is some strategic thinking to be done after yesterday, when I found out internet could not be connected to the flat I live in as there is no telephone connection), things will be delayed on this blog … if it is possible to do more delaying than I am actually doing already;))
So Hamburg … was really nice. Mostly due to two major factors: I had been set into a *MEGA* room, which was nearly an apartment (it was bigger than my current apartment) in the hotel we were staying at.
Upon arrival, the receptionist (which I also believe was the owner of this petit fine hotel) said:
“Miss Lobe (putting an accent on “o”, pronouncing it in a very German way (Lobe is a German surname anyway)), you have been put in a room 16, which is my favorite room!”
That sounded quite promising to me. So I was expecting kind of more-than-on-average nice and cosy room. But when I had actually entered, I was astonished by its actual size and furniture. It had a big double bad on one side, then on the other side, a huge sofa and two armchairs and a little table. Above the sofa, a few meters tall palm-tree was climbing up to a quite high ceiling. In yet another corner there was a working desk and the entrance to a *huge* terrace. And the bathroom … well, it was enormous, needless to say with a huge bath.
So I was telling to one of my friends from the network what a huge rooms were in there. She said hers was not particularly big but was nice. Just after coming back from the dinner, she stopped by and was literally shocked. We soon figured out from the house plan that it was of a size of four standard rooms. As I *love* big spaces, this was a lucky day for me indeed;)
Well.
I didn’t quite have the time to enjoy all that ‘luxury’ as we had been quite busy with our EU Kids Online meeting, which was really enjoyable and efficient itself. After starting off the project late June in London, this was our second ‘whole network’ meeting, but with some of the members we met in September in Luxembourg.
To tell it in short, our aim is to identify as many studies as possible across Europe regarding children’s access to and use of the internet and new online technologies (we basically already did this, and so far available data can bee seen on our page). Next, we are trying to understand this data itself as it derives from different social, cultural and national context and to compare these studies as to identify the changing risks and safety concerns associated with children and new media uses. Finally, we will produce some best practice research guide for those interested in conducting research with children and will develop evidence-based policy recommendations for raising awareness, media literacy and other practical actions to promote safer use of the internet and new online technologies for children.
What I like the most, is the enthusiasm and effort every involved researcher in the network is putting into the project.
All in all, I saw a very little of Hamburg (I took the above picture 5 minutes before my departure on Sunday morning) but no regrets as we really did some big steps forward in our work;)
By Nana | December 16, 2006 | Topics: EU Kids Online, Les Voyages, Research | No Comments »
Disconnected
It was fun buying stuff for the new flat. Moving is a bit less fun tho. But that is not what worries me. What is killing me is the fact that I won’t be able to connect to internet in the new flat for a month. This is like giving away the oxygen bottle 40m underwater.
It will be a real challenge. I might even develop some strange psychological disorders … or am gonna live in the office for a month. Alternatives are quite appealing ….
By Nana | November 16, 2006 | Topics: Personal | 6 Comments »
Buy This Book!
I am most happy to announce the forthcoming book:
Bruff, Ian (forthcoming): Culture and Consensus? A neo-Gramscian Analysis of the Dutch and German Political Economies (tho the title might be a bit different, author says). Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Very proud of you, Ian! I will take your book proposal as a template;)))
By Nana | November 15, 2006 | Topics: Academic books | 1 Comment »
Zadnji post v kategoriji PhD/ Last PhD post
Tako, tole je zadnji post v kategoriji PhD. Zelo kmalu, namreč, se bo tale štorija tudi formalno zaključila. Potem bom lahko na primer na letalu, ko bo teti tretji sedež desno slabo, in bodo spraševali ‘Is there a doctor around here?’, velikodušno prikimala, četudi bom verjetno najmanj kompetentna za kakršenkoli ukrep.
Naziva ne bom uporabljala, razen v striktno akademske namene (konference, objave, projekti, poučevanje). Najbolj bizarno se mi zdi, da se ljudje podpisujejo z doktorji tudi takrat, ko gre za popolnoma neformalne zadeve, kjer formalna izobrazba res ne igra neke bistvene vloge.
Mnja;)
By Nana | November 10, 2006 | Topics: PhD | 10 Comments »
Uses and Misuses of Con Brio
Blogs, apparently, have been turning into a quite powerful source of information and a means to give voice to practically any individual who wants to go ‘public’. Some become very popular for this and that reason (mostly for its content), some stay lost in the noise and are read only by a few of those who know/like/would like to know/are for some reason interested in the author.
Con Brio probs falls in the later category. Its content is certainly not such a kick to get someone ’signed up’ for their daily dose. I am quite happy like that as my aim is not to get mainstream and to drag the attention of the masses (otherwise I’d publish my naked picture;)), but to communicate to those who I consider as friends, colleagues, nice people who like to stop by even if we have never met before. The main purpose of this sometimes quite senseless writing is thus to keep them updated with whatsoever info I am willing to share.
Often, I am asked: ‘How come you post all this stuff about you UNDER YOUR REAL NAME? Are you at all aware of the consequences it can have? Everyone can read it!’.
My typical answer: ‘All I write can be shared. Or else I don’t write about it. I am happy that blog gives me the opportunity to share’. I already wrote once about this.
Well.
Usually, I only think of a friendly use of Con Brio –> mainly my friends and colleagues being kept informed, sharing pictures of places and people with them. I don’t think of misuses. What could a misuse be? Ok, obviously marketers quickly picked up the opportunity and are posting bizarre ads in the comments but luckily Askimet does the trick so no spam actually gets posted.
Otherwise I can’t really think of how someone would use my own blog against me. At least I could not until recently, when I was informed that someone took off one of my pictures and used it for fairly strange purposes.
It gave me quite a spooky feeling, almost a bit of a shiver I must admit. All of a sudden, I realised it just might be a good idea of actually starting to use ViewLevel plug-in.
Then I was thinking of publishing even more pictures to give a ‘full impression’;). Now, I’d like to find out, what was the drive, what was the intention? From purely anthropological perspective, of course;))
By Nana | November 3, 2006 | Topics: Blogging, Personal | 1 Comment »
Sweet Little Creatures
Zan celebrated his 4th bday yesterday. These kids are amazing. Not much more to say … I wish I could have more time for my two little treasures.
I got him a kiddy laptop(of course;)), and Jaka got a delayed guitar;)
By Nana | October 22, 2006 | Topics: Familiy, Personal, Zan and Jaka | 3 Comments »
Maltese Weirdness
Hourses are moored alongside luzzus and boats:
Further (I have been told this word is used way too many times in my PhD), children are:
Each and every bus has it own face and are very personalised in general. Each has it’s own name,all are very nicely polished on the outside, but on the inside:
Warriors and fighters can be met all over the place:
And jellyfish are very socialised - I got burned 5 times and it only hurt me for an hour or so - they just want to play a bit:
Just about the right island for me;)
By Nana | October 15, 2006 | Topics: Les Voyages | 5 Comments »