Week 14: Reflection on the semester
What I have learned over this semester and next steps.
Week 13: I’m still writing. Where is this light at the end of the tunnel?
Writing my dissertation and feeling pretty shitty about it.
Week 12: Preparing for hell week
The start of a 2 week long crunch time in which I have to finish 3 presentations, 1 painting, 2 projects, thesis research preparations, and also try to not go insane.
Week 11: The little work I did during Thanksgiving
The little work I did during Thanksgiving break. Mostly reading and planning.
Week 10: I’m so burned out, I need a break
Refining my stakeholder map by creating an ecosystem map, creating a catalog of rituals during Chinese New Year, and updating my research plan.
I love planning :)
Writing out my research plan, stakeholder mapping, timeline. Also other updates on my autoethnography writing and illustrating process and more readings notes.
Gaining insights and ideas
The week where I feel like I gained the most progress so far with my insights and idea generattion.
Interviews, Ideas, and Autoethnographies
A week where I go down my new research path without too much misery.
More Risograph, Less Reading
The week where I didn’t really read but did a lot more risograph things instead. Also, the week where I cried in 4 meetings.
Changing and replanning my research strategy
A week without doing any secondary research as the way I was currently doing it made me depressed. So, I changed it entirely and also started drawing.
What is a ritual?
Reading academic papers about rituals only to find that I hate it with a passion and would much rather do illustrations and interviews.
Beginning Secondary Research
The beginnings of secondary research for my thesis. Includes that I have learned so far and what I hope to learn and do next.
Chinese Festivals and Identity: Brainstorming and Secondary Research
Reflection on how I narrowed down my interest to a topic pertaining to Chinese festivals, intergenerational cultural transmission, rituals, and identity.
