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"How to: Get a PhD"
To curb off a bit of the ol’ thesis anxiety, I thought I’d make a list of things-I-did this year. In no particular order, here are the things I liked (and possibly didn’t) this year.
Writing/Talking
My university (and supervisor) are great at encouraging and pushing their graduate students to write and publish [...]
Having recently cleared my plate of most other work commitments, I can now say for the first time, accurately, that I’m a full time student. I was only ever working one or two days a week, but those extra days are already making a difference.
When thinking about how I’d like to use this time, [...]
This week I went to a seminar that focused on communicating research. It was a pre-requisite for entering the 3-minute thesis competition, which seems like a mini-TED for research students with a time limit. I don’t know if I’ll enter the competition (although there’s some impressive cash amounts up for grabs), but I’ll definitely be [...]
It’s been 12 months since I started my PhD, and it’s probably a good time to take stock and figure out exactly where I’m taking things. I wrote an original abstract after our initial visit and talks to park rangers, and have had it stuck to my wall since. Today, finally, it bugged me – [...]
Completing a PhD is meant to show that you are able to stick at a complex topic and explore it in a disciplined and systematic way, paying attention to existing literature and eventually, after some years, adding your bit to the vast pool of human knowledge.
Research questions are the core [...]
Geoplaced Knowledge
This is a research notebook exploring the gaps between cultural geography, natural environments and ubiquitous computing.
It documents my progress undertaking a cross-disciplinary PhD, in Geospatial Science and Design at RMIT University, Melbourne.
I'm working with Parks Victoria, a government body charged with managing natural environments in the state of Victoria, Australia. My work is being conducted under the Design Research Institute's Affective Atlas project, whose goal is to better facilitating the creation and dissemination of tacit knowledge about national parks.
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- Parks Vic (16)
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- Technology (3)
- travel (1)
- ubicomp (6)
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