natalie

natalie , 1 month ago to AcademicChatter group

I see more and more scholars offering online seminars for a fee. Sometimes for a relatively low price (e.g. here https://hcommons.social/@medievalists/112236157667793040), sometimes for 800 to 1000 Euros. This seems to be especially common in the Anglo-Saxon world. I find this highly problematical and, frankly, unethical.

Who is the target audience? Who should pay for it? Students of these academics? Who hope to get better grades by participating?

Although I understand that academics are under pressure and are looking for alternative sources of income: This cannot be the answer!

Education should be free and available to all! What do you think?

@academicchatter @academicsunite

natalie , 1 month ago to PhDStudents group

Anyone still around from two years ago when I occasionally posted about the start of my #PhDjourney and its progress?

Update: I now have a (real) outline for my dissertation! I used the #Canvas in #Obsidian to visualize it. Very useful (and a free alternative to #Scrintal!)

It feels a little unreal, but it seems like there's actually a book coming out of this. 🤯

Took some valuable advice on organizing the whole thing from these two books:

1. The PhD Writing Handbook (very concise and straight to the point, great checklists) https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/phd-writing-handbook-9781137497703/
2. Authoring a PhD (sometimes a bit paternalistic to me, but still very useful)
   https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-230-80208-7

Now I have to start structuring the chapters. I hope to have three chapters drafted by the end of the summer. And one chapter ready for publication in an edited volume by September ... wooo, this is exciting (and, of course, intimidating)!

@phdstudents @phdlife

natalie , 7 months ago to PhDStudents group

Currently writing an article that should be 8,000 words. I am now at 17,000 and I, as a beginner in professional academic writing, need some advice. I know I am the kind of person who thinks through writing. This means that I have probably written a lot that can be cut and left out.

But how do I learn to write reasonably lengthy papers? I swear I thought my topic and questions could be addressed in 8,000 words. I had an outline ... with word counts per section. Still, it went completely off the rails.

Will this get better at some point?

#phd #phdlife #phdstudent #academicwriting @academicchatter @phdlife @phdstudents

natalie , 1 year ago to Random stuff

Does anyone feel like sitting down in front of the computer and playing around with their notes a bit?

I just wrote down how I set up and try to maintain my (academic) reading list in #Obsidian using the #Projects plugin by @marcusolsson and #Zotero. Might post it again after the holidays, but for now, here's the description of my approach for those who asked. Thus, fulfilling my promise from this thread: https://hcommons.social/@natalie/109557676423033978

https://nataliekraneiss.com/your-academic-reading-list-in-obsidian/

@obsidianmd @phdlife @phdstudents #phd #literaturereview #studying #readinglist #organization #planning #tracking

natalie , 1 year ago to Random stuff

May I once again share my excitement about the #Projects plugin for #Obsidian from @marcusolsson?

I've finally managed to format my references from #Zotero so that they show up in Projects without any problems. Now I can finally create a reading list and easily track and change the status of books from within the Projects view.

Wonderful. Can't wait to continue reading for my dissertation next year and finally track what I want to read or have read each week. But for now, it is a reading break here!

@obsidianmd @phdlife @phdstudents #phd #literaturereview #studying #projectplanning

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