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Reply 1360

alex_hk90

A little more than a month for me but I might decide to go back a bit early. :smile:

Reply 1361

lavalse

ive got back from travelling in the middle east last week. am looking forward to going back to cambridge next month too. will be hanging around at home in the mean time....... :o:

AATTMM

Also a month for me! My dept has sent me nothing so far, which is a) a good thing or b) a bad thing =)

not wanting to be miss negative, but its so unfair, i got given a whole load of stuff to do as soon as my exams finished. i still havent done any of it!!!! :tongue:

Reply 1362

Craghyrax

I'm getting back from SA on the 6th of October and leaving on the 5th of Sept. College are making me move my stuff into storage, and they allegedly don't have enough 'manpower' to send the van over and somebody to help me, despite housekeeping asking maintenance to :grumble:

lavalse

ive got back from travelling in the middle east last week. am looking forward to going back to cambridge next month too. will be hanging around at home in the mean time....... :o:

Why

"I only managed to go to the Middle East, but I'm wasting a whole 4 weeks at home: I know this makes me frightfully boring?" :confused:

Sorry that's an exaggeration, but I'm battling with the interpretation here :p:

Reply 1363

thegluups

brimstone

I've been decidedly absent from this thread for a while :frown:

My laptop is in two parts and no longer works, so I'm waiting for a new one. I've also been in Edinburgh from Friday until this evening, at the Fringe - had an excellent time.

I'm really looking forward to starting the course in Michelmas, as it looks so interesting, but I'm doing zero work until I actually get back and term starts. No point in not making the most of the only time of the year in which I can officially relax (even though I've already been sent the assessed essay titles :rolleyes:

) and I've been doing paid work Mon-Fri 9-5 which takes it out of me quite a bit.

What kind of work are you doing?

Reply 1364

Craghyrax

fumblewomble

Lol at your depiction of fumblewomble :biggrin:

You asked for it :shifty:

It should go in your sig :sly:

fumblewomble

That sounds very promising. Is there anything you can use to 'back up' Bourdieu and thereby strengthen your argument?

Yes and no. With the second of the two ideas, I could go into critical theory and contrast the Habermasian emancipatory project with the potential in Bourdieu's framework to form a basis for emancipation. That would involve more comparing and contrasting leading to my suggestion of a [controversial] link/new interpretation of Bourdieu. In the first of the ideas, basically no :dry:

Bourdieu is the shiz. He speaketh truth. Unfortunately not a truth anybody likes hearing, so the entirety of social theory since has 'problematised' his totally sound critique and tried to obsess about other stuff instead. So although every Tom, Dick and Harry borrows bits of his theory to apply to whatever they want to argue (its very widescale and by default versatile) I think very few people accept all of his ideas and frameworks as accurate or relevant or whatever. So I'd simply have to use rational argumentation :p:

And perhaps an attempt to point out why the rest are redundant :hmmmm:

fumblewomble

A good supervisor would like the challenge....Do you know that he won't like it? The two of you could actually have some quite useful debate which would help you to strengthen your arguments by defending them against criticisms.

The first supervision wasn't particularly useful. He certainly didn't encourage the idea, just gave me some reading suggestions and said that I'd need to know about them if I wrote anything about Bourdieu as they were the main contenders. I've read them and they are really only tenuously related. Like 'oh yeh, I can see that they're both Sociology... Erm :erm:

' Which eventually made me wonder if he assumed I didn't really know what I wanted to do and thought he'd throw some more inspiring stuff my way. I don't 'know' that he won't like it, its just fairly likely that even if he's totally open minded to it, his personal orientation will be on the other side of the divide because he's researching existentialism.

fumblewomble

It's true that it would definitely help to be well prepared if you're expecting opposition.
If you're not sure about this supervisor do you definitely have to have him? Is there anyone in the department who you'd prefer? I think that saying that you've done some reading and decided that you want to work with someone with a different specialism is perfectly acceptable if it's allowed and possible in practical terms.
But it might be ok depending on the personality of the supervisor. A good supervisor would still be able to supervise you very well on what you are interested in. One of the skills you learn when you supervise is how to supervise someone even if you don't agree with them. After all, what the supervisor is there for is to help you get a well structured, well argued, well researched dissertation together. There's no reason why they should agree with what you write. However I know from experience that there are some people who are quite overpowering and want to have their own way with the content so it really depends what they're like.

I'm not sure I can hope for anything better, to be honest. Last year I was supervised by some top people in my department, and obviously got to hear my compatriots' reviews of their top supervisors that I missed :wink:

This person supervised me for one coursework component last year, so he's a known entity. Also I really need a good second reference for my MPhil application, and he's Head of the Department. I'm a bit nervous about asking him considering I haven't provided any work yet after confidently stating I would, but on the other hand he did see my work last year, and its a piece that got a high first. If I'm lucky he'll remember that.
In my experience most of these guys take a really hands off approach anyway. With my research project I had two supervisions of mentioning my ideas to the person (who was the course director) and him suggesting other things I wasn't hot on, but at the end of the day he mostly just listened, nodded and smiled, read any drafts and let me get on. I don't expect anybody will interfere with my approach, its just that they might not be able to help in an ideal sense if they've got an entirely different take on the entire discipline, which seems guaranteed.
Apart from all of this, there isn't anybody to swap round to. I approached my supervisor after exams because he was head of the department and the starting point to even work out who I might approach with my dissertation. He straight off said it would have to be him or another Professor (together they're the main lecturers/leaders in the department) because nobody else is specialised in social theory. He offered to start me off and then see once the year started about whether he'd take me or the other guy. There's pros and cons for both. I think the other guy might be a better supervisor in some senses. For instance he's very forthright and direct interpersonally, which would make judging what he thought was a good or bad idea considerably easier, but I think they're both extremely good academics. The one I've got is by far my favourite lecturer and as mentioned, he already sort of knows me. The only other option was approaching someone in the Philosophy department. I considered this, but decided that the need for a Sociology-specific reference, and somebody aware of the course specs was also important. As is becoming 'known' by the department I'm applying to for my MPhil :wink:

fumblewomble

Do follow your interests though - you don't want to end up doing research on something that doesn't suit you.

Make no question, I certainly will. It just might result in the supervisor taking the role of an observer, looking mildly interesting and only really being involved when I wave produced work at them. At least I'm used to it from last year :p:

Returning to the :holmes:

topic, do you know if there are any strictly Japanese shops in Cambridge? Perhaps Mill road? I want to buy some matcha tea, but I don't rate my chances since First Class Teas shut ( :bawling:

) and only send a very limited range to Benet's...

Reply 1365

billybob13

Isn't matcha just the japanese word for green tea?

Reply 1366

fumblewomble

Craghyrax

Returning to the :holmes:

topic, do you know if there are any strictly Japanese shops in Cambridge? Perhaps Mill road? I want to buy some matcha tea, but I don't rate my chances since First Class Teas shut ( :bawling:

) and only send a very limited range to Benet's...

Oriental Direct
Address : 34 Mill Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2AD
Telephone : 01223 307799
Opened May 2008
Category : Groceries / Supermarkets
Grocery and supermarket • Oriental foods, particularly Chinese and Japanese •

Will think about the rest tomorrow. My brain has now gone to sleep and I intend to follow it.... :goodnight:

Reply 1367

Scipio90

Craghyrax

tea

Isn't First Class Teas still selling stuff on the internet?

Reply 1368

Craghyrax

Thanks, that's a start Holmes! :awesome:

billybob13

Isn't matcha just the japanese word for green tea?

No, that's 'sencha' apparently, and given that I'm already a big green tea drinker, I do have a specific reason for going out of my way to find 'matcha' (powdered green tea) rather than any old green tea.

Scipio90

Isn't First Class Teas still selling stuff on the internet?

Yeh, and I've already found online options, but I want to see if there are options in Cambridge, as they're likely to be cheaper and sans postage.

Reply 1369

scarlet ibis

Tom

Maybe that bit is in addition to the main boat (hence, engine redundant as the main boat can tow it, and leave it behind when they want to be a bit more mobile). Like a caravan.

I dunno, I puzzled over it a bit too, but that's how I ended up reading it.

Yes that's exactly it. Traditionally the butty was towed by the main boat, and both contained cargo, with a small amount of living space (boatman's cabin) at the stern end of each. A butty has a much larger rudder and was steered by the boatwoman or a competant child, and connected to the motor boat by a long or short line depending on the circumstance. They could also be breasted up (tied side by side) if the canal allowed. It was a way to double the cargo without the need for two engines, and there is a lot of skill associated with the handling of these 'working pairs'.

A famous pair (Brighton and Nuneaton) 'breasted up'. the butty is closest to the bank, with the huge rudder and distinctive shape.

The same pair towing on a short line.

We'd love to own a working pair like this (although we'd obviously want to convert them so we could use the whole length as living space not just the cabin!). When the kids grew up, we could give them the butty to themselves! And if we went away for a trip we'd either enjoy the challenge of working both of them or just take it easy on the motor.

Sorry that was probably far more explaination than you needed!

Hope the dissertation goes well!

Reply 1370

Richardmarcj

AATTMM

Also a month for me! My dept has sent me nothing so far, which is a) a good thing or b) a bad thing =)

All I have gotten is a one-page letter from my college saying more information is coming, but that was a week ago... :s-smilie:

I keep telling myself to be patient, but I want more information dammit! :eek3:

Reply 1371

Craghyrax

scarlet ibis

That water looks disgusting :s-smilie:

How's the boat-painting going?

Reply 1372

为人民服务

various members of this thread has informed me that i m not allowed to post on this 'sacred' thread.

Well, they pretty much dared me...

Reply 1373

Apagg

What's your desired outcome here, young man?

Reply 1374

为人民服务

Apagg

What's your desired outcome here, young man?

don't know. depends on what Athena's and west wings reactions are

Reply 1375

It could be lupus

Athena

Basically, if you fill this thread with the irritating spam you've posted all over the rest of the forum, I'll neg you, and then if you keep at it, you could be warned. CamChat =/= spam free-for-all.

Sorry to interrupt, but may I suggest a spam thread be created for anyone who wishes to use it? That was CamChat is kept civilized and they can still spam away

Reply 1376

The West Wing

It could be lupus

Sorry to interrupt, but may I suggest a spam thread be created for anyone who wishes to use it? That was CamChat is kept civilized and they can still spam away

I have faith that dave the frdawg et al. will change their ways once they formally join Camchat.

Reply 1377

为人民服务

Athena

Basically, if you fill this thread with the irritating spam you've posted all over the rest of the forum, I'll neg you, and then if you keep at it, you could be warned. CamChat =/= spam free-for-all.

omg! thank you!

i take pride in negs from mods! they are like battle scares, evidence of my fight against tyranny and oppression. And warning points are like shinny medals of bravery

Reply 1378

为人民服务

if i had a faster internet, there would be a shatload of rude images right now

Reply 1379

It could be lupus

The West Wing

I have faith that dave the frdawg et al. will change their ways once they formally join Camchat.

Hmm you hope that will happen, however judging by the Thread, you may need to do this as a precaution. Otherwise there may be outbursts on CamChat.

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