Comments | fantasyecho: Pondering a PhD

fantasyecho

Pondering a PhD

Oct 18, 2010 23:31

So, some of you probably know it took me about two years to figure out what it was I wanted to do for my MA degree ( Read more... )

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rose_lemberg October 19 2010, 03:46:50 UTC

The work you describe is PhD-level in scope. Lena Reynoso at UC Berkeley is working, or was working on a similar project with Alan Dundes. This is a folklore project, potentially an interdisciplinary lit-type project, and/or potentially an anthropology project. It is too big for an MA. You are welcome to email me off-list at rose dot lemberg at gmail or better yet surface in gchat. I have a Ph.D and training in these areas and will be happy to talk you through this.

shweta_narayan October 19 2010, 03:48:04 UTC

(And just ftr, I asked Rose to pop in if she had advice :) )

rose_lemberg October 19 2010, 03:57:01 UTC

And I am sorry for barging in, Shweta asked me - I hope it is all right. To add, I myself trained with Dundes (and others) at Berkeley and work as a professor now, although in a somewhat different area.

fantasyecho October 19 2010, 12:11:06 UTC

Meep! Which project are we talking about here? My proposed MRP or the folklore project (which I'd like to do for my PhD)? Although the proposed MRP does sound like it's too huge for 50 pages... I'll have to run it by a prof for sure.

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shweta_narayan October 19 2010, 03:47:29 UTC

So, thesis might emerge from data (this is what I am hoping for in my PhD *grins*)

Other than that, this is utterly not my field so I am clueless, but I wanted to cheer and note that all of this sounds awesome, all stuff I'd love to read once I have brain.

fantasyecho October 19 2010, 22:02:26 UTC

Thank you~~~<3

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fantasyecho October 19 2010, 22:04:23 UTC

Hahaha, well, to be honest, it's just a step better from being a teacher in a government school! I'm not sure I want to work in an environment so politically toothless, tbh, but at the same time, I would love to go home and do something in education! I'm pretty sure I could get a decent job teaching English at maybe Taylor's (I live in Subang, and SS15 is our college hub) but I'd also like to add something to the academic field there, you know?

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fantasyecho October 19 2010, 23:37:38 UTC

It's not that they're indifferent. It's the fact that students aren't allowed to be political. It's not something I know how to negotiate.

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jolantru October 20 2010, 05:38:51 UTC

Your research project sounds great.

What do you plan to do when you graduate?

fantasyecho October 20 2010, 13:43:56 UTC

That's the question I'm avoiding!

dimension_view October 21 2010, 04:12:50 UTC

If you're planning to come back to Malaysia to teach, I think Monash would be a good option to lecture at. Yes, it is a private institution, but from what I've heard from friends and observed from attending talks, Monash has a vibrant arts and social science faculty. I notice that many academics from that faculty actively engage with current issues in Malaysia and actively speak up about it.

Just a suggestion ;-)

fantasyecho October 21 2010, 23:48:47 UTC

Interesting! And in my neck of the woods too.

I harbour a secret desire to teach at Taylor's College in Subang Jaya, and start a library cafe in the SS 15 hub. I know! I know! So cheesy, going to my alma mater to teach, but man, who wouldn't want to be able to teach while living in their childhood home?!