home cooked theory

Looking ahead

Without wanting to read too much into this, it is becoming clear that if I can’t find some assistance soon, I’m going to have to think about moving elsewhere to continue my research. One of the downsides of being a ‘research intensive’ staff member is that access to a pool of students looking for work [...]

Told you I needed an RA

According to AstroBarry – “Astrology for people who think”:
LIBRA (September 23-October 22): Something’s got to give in your day-to-day routine, Libra, insofar as you’re balancing (or trying to balance) a brimming schedule of work duties, domestic chores and personal-care maintenance measures. If you’ve been managing it the same way for a while now, chances [...]

In press

Some publishing developments this week:
- The Affect Reader manuscript is finally finished and off to the publisher (isn’t it Greg?!). Until we actually get a contract, it’s probably best to keep the contents under wraps, but for the moment I’m just so pleased and proud to have made it this far. Working as co-editor with [...]

Blog readers research

Yesterday I met with an Honours student who wants to write her thesis on non-commenting blog readers. Specifically, she’s trying to explore and understand whether long-term blog readers develop a ‘para-social’ relationship to their favoured blogger, even when they may not participate on the blog itself – how readers form attachments to particular writers and [...]

Skills shortage

I’m currently looking for a research assistant to work one day a week. The work will vary, but the main tasks will include bibliographic searches, hunting down references, photocopying and scanning, and writing reports for projects in progress or being developed. It would suit an undergraduate or honours student with fairly high computer literacy, capacity [...]

Cultural studies then

Looking through my trash folder I just found an email that links to video of the keynotes from last year’s Cultural Studies Now conference at the University of East London. Among others, you’ll find Kuan-Hsing Chen, Dick Hebdige, Ien Ang, Doreen Massey, Judith Halberstam, Rosi Braidotti, and of course, that significant moment featuring Stuart Hall. [...]

Writing vs. blogging vs. life

I have been in Tasmania for the past week hanging out with friends and family and drinking lots of local Pinot! At the moment I’m on Bruny Island where I grew up, and this morning I drove over a mountain to go to yoga in a place called Adventure Bay. I could hear the waves [...]