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PhD week 2: 27 September – 3 October 2021

October 3, 2021 by Karl Leave a Comment

PhD smart protein bar at Südgelände

As planned, I spent most of the week reading, finishing two books. In between the reading sessions I studied Japanese, which is a nice break from the screen. I’m exhausted at the end of each eight-hour workday and fall asleep easily, sleep soundly.

Nice week weather-wise, I’ve tried to be out a lot. Today I passed by the Şehitlik mosque and realised they had the yearly ‘offener Tag’ (‘open day’), so I went inside and they were just starting the afternoon prayer. It was beautiful to see men of different ages, walks of life, and style of clothes praying together. I was moved by it.

Week 2 of the PhD: Yellow is reading, green is Japanese.

Monday

  • Applied for a three-day course on ‘queer autoethnography’ in November 2021. This included writing a bit about my research to explain why I’m a good fit for the course.
  • Emailed about a queer seminar in Hong Kong in December 2021, but it was only open to those who would present.
  • Applied for the ethnographic film festival in Göttingen in 2022 – I have friends there so it would be fun to go there.
  • Ran in the park.

Tuesday

  • Had an unrelated work meeting.

Wednesday

  • Walk and talk with Ale on beautiful Tempelhofer Feld.

Thursday

  • Zoom introduction to the eprog platform of my university.

Friday

  • Had a talk with O over coffee at my place.
  • Ran again!

Saturday

  • Biked with A to Südgelände, an amazing and unique park where I hadn’t been before. He brought a protein bar called ‘PhD smart’.
  • Was invited to a fig with gorgonzola at my friend and neighbour O’s in the evening.

Sunday

  • Submitted an abstract for a special issue of a journal.
  • Registered for the Yucatan conference in November 2021 and paid my fee (44 euro).
  • Visited the Şehitlik mosque.
  • Recorded my impressions of Georges Bataille’s book Eroticism:

Course

  • Research Integrity (last module)

Books

  • Galbraith, P. W. 2021. The Ethics of Affect: Lines and Life in a Tokyo Neighborhood. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press.
    • 4: The Ethics of Affect: Drawing Lines with Bishōjo Game Producers and Players (p. 157–94)
    • 5: Hajikon: Bodily Encounters and Dangerous Games (p. 195–236)
    • 6: Conclusion: A World that’s Ending: Do You Love Me? (p. 237–52)
    • 7: Epilogue (p. 253–56)
    • 8: Appendix: Notes on Perverse Methodology (p. 257–70)
  • Weeks, Jeffrey. 2009. Sexuality. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge.
    • 1: The Languages of Sex
    • 2: The Invention of Sexuality
    • 3: The Meanings of Sexual Difference
    • 4: The Challenge of Diversity
    • 5: Sexuality, Intimacy and Politics
    • 6: Private Pleasures and Public Policies

Japanese

Anki, kanji, news, anime, and:

  • Try N2, chapter 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2 (except the last test)
  • Sōmatome N2 reading, from 2-5 to 3-5

Life

It became October.

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