Tag: PhD life
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Doing Anthropology During Covid19
It is useful, as an intellectual exercise, to gauge the effectiveness of methods and processes you are employing while you are doing Anthropology. This is something supervisors constantly encourage their students to undertake while they are in the field and while they are writing up. This helps to understand the strengths and weaknesses of one’s…
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Staying ‘Alive’ with PhD: Thinking Back to Where You Started it all
Have you ever thought how you ended up with your particular thesis topic? Some of you will have your thesis topic handed to you by a supervisor, but many will have chosen a path deliberately. A few of us might have developed a craving during the childhood, prompted by listening to certain stories or reading certain comics or tourist guide books. For some of…