Traditionally, the last blog post of summer research is supposed to sum up the summers work. Content wise, a lot of that has been covered in the past two blog posts. In those posts I discuss the theoretical meat of my project in greater detail. However, I want to take this opportunity to share some of the more personal lessons that I’ve learned working on my project this summer.
These are findings
September 1, 2012 by
Leitner et al. (2008) describe five main aspects of spatiality that should be accounted for in any analysis of a social movement or instance contentious politics (e.g. resistance): place, scale, networks, positionality and mobility. In keeping with their wishes to avoid anointing a master frame, I shall take this opportunity to describe how each of these concepts have appeared in relation to the case and in particular, my guiding research question: how does the materiality of of coal fired power plants affect the spatial distribution of resistance?
Final Thoughts
September 1, 2012 by
Though this is my final blog, I am still not done with script. My main roadblock is that I decide when to finish the project – there is no exact deadline. After editing it several times I have reached a point where I am not completely satisfied but I don’t know if I ever will be. I have also read it so many times that the thrill of translation is not as present. Earlier this week I decided that I will edit it one final time and then email it to Esteban. Now I just have to find the motivation for that final read-through.
First Edits
September 1, 2012 by
I wrote the following entry more than a month ago, but I just realized that I never posted it. So it’s not quite up-to-date, but it will provide some contrast to my final blog:
Soap Opera in the Script
September 1, 2012 by
Four weeks in, I am deep into translation. I am becoming attached to the script – I translate to find out what’s going to happen next. The story has gone in directions that I never would have predicted. Esteban Insausti’s other works that I have seen have had more subtle intentions and mellower moods. Granted, I’ve only seen his documentaries. Club de Jazz has turned out to be in the vein of soap operas – murder, sex, and drugs frequent the plot.
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