PhD Research Proposal: Full Disclosure
Michael GallagherAs seen in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania To make my doctoral experience as transparent as possible for documentation purposes (myself) and to provide a record of my experiences, pitfalls, etc.…
Expat simultaneity of place: 2+ geographies, 2 conflicting emotions
Here/There I was having a nice email exchange with a fellow expat friend who I know from Korea, but had recently visited London along with his wife. We met, talked,…
Engaging the material university: (simple) thoughts from a left-handed elearner
I have only just begun this PhD program at the Institute of Education, but I thought I would make my whole doctoral process as transparent as possible. This will include…
Failure as ambition, success as momentum: what brought me here to London
My evening walk. The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects…
Ulysses, Imagination, and Reorienting Infinite Space
I always much preferred this pseudo-Trotsky pose of Joyce to his later years. From time to time, I believe I just want to post quotes or passages that have inspired…
PhD Research: Vision, Need, Networks, Ego
A mashup of Tempo, a Mozambican magazine from the liberation period (1975 or so), and visualized networks. There will probably be quite a few of these posts as I begin…
MobiMOOC: #m4d, community, expanding definitions of developing, FrontlineSMS
Introduction to M4D and Plea for Expanding the Definition I just wanted to post this before I commence packing in earnest for my upcoming relocation to London. It is no…