but do you actually have to annotate them?

My diss is a lit review so… close reading of the literature is pretty much fundamental. it's really not just about "what does this paper finds" because I am also using the literature they cite (not everything will have been captured by my keyword  search on Scopus) and I'm writing down my own thoughts as well in terms of 1)  are there any issues with this study? and 2)  on the back of this, what further research do we need to do?

The first level of annotation is actually fairly quick, but I then also move the notes and relevant quotes into my draft outline, so it ends up taking a bit of time. It's obviously not the same notes I'd take if I were studying and the process is quite different.

As an example of why close reading matters, one of the gaps in the research that I’m highlighting is the lack of focus on students’ perspective. If you look fairly superficial at the literature, however, it wouldn’t appear so. And that’s what many studies do!

Many cite one paper saying that this study found lack of interest in the students as a barrier. That’s also what the authors themselves imply. However, it’s not accurate. It comes from interviews with professors who say that they struggle with this, hence the real finding is that perceived disinterest is a barrier. While still significant, it doesn’t mean that students aren’t interested in sustainability in general.  Just reading the abstract wouldn’t have been enough, as I could see this from the actual data they put within the paper, not the authors’ interpretation. The difference is subtle, but it matters, because the majority of the literature works on the assumption that students don’t care about sustainability.

There are also a couple of studies that survey students and ask about their interest and have mixed results. What’s notable here is looking at when was the survey collected – and I argue that as they’re all pre-2010, newer studies are needed because interest in and knowledge of sustainability differs significantly generation by generation. Again, this requires me to look at the methodology in detail. One of the studies is from 202x so you’d actually assume it’s more recent just based on the publication date, but it does use data that’s older (which is understandable, but it proves that my point still stands)

An important point (to me) is also that no one is investigating whether what’s being taught is interesting and relevant. The underlying assumption is that it sometimes isn’t because it focuses too much on the conceptual definition of sustainability. So I’m also noting down in the cases in which students are surveyed about the questions – and how closed they are and don’t allow for this to come through.

I am very much behind with my master’s dissertation. It took me a while to figure out the direction of the work, but mostly, I’ve been procrastinating on reading, which is why I now find myself with over 60 papers left to annotate and code before the end of the month. May then will be dedicated to write, as the deadline is June 1st. V stressed, but I do like my topic very much.

i have gotten food poisoning! except i only ate at michelin starred restaurants in the past two days so like. what the fuck.

Bath Abbey

mulling over what it means to build a home, which feels very fitting for Bath

The Roman Baths, Bath.

England.

Thinking is all about the ability to look at complex situations and strip away things that don't count—the ability to filter out situations and find what's at their core. — Paraphrasing Douglas Hofstadter (from Farnam Street's Newsletter)

An unusual Georgian-era pendant with imagery associated with mourning, however the images are composed entirely of micro-calligraphy text recalling the dates of death, and biblical verses. Extremely rare. Images on both sides. The case is gold filled.

(eriebasin.com)

thesis chronicles yet again: met with my supervisor & she thinks this has great potential and wants to try to make it into an article we can submit for publication. love that and she's so kind but I still have over 100 papers to read so there's that. guess I need to aim to read 7 articles everyday?? the reading itself is not the difficult part, it's the note taking and "processing" of each article, which takes a lot of time. and I have three classes to pass??

April […] Is full of whispers, full of sighs

Edna St. Vincent Millay, Song of a Second April

Aliya

just ordered these from arket, i can't wait to try them on

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