Also written on that train, on Wednesday ten days ago: Doing fieldwork is tough, especially under the circumstances when Elli and I did ours, but having gotten through it somewhat successfully can open certain very attractive doors. This is what the rest of the sessions were about: What can we do now? Do traineeships at NGOs,Continue reading “meeting the future development professionals”
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remembering fieldwork
Written in a train on Wednesday, 10 days ago: I have spent the last couple of days in Härnösand at an MFS reunion. MFS (Minor Field Study) is the grant that Elli and I received from Sida (the Swedish international development cooperation agency) to do our fieldwork in Burkina Faso. It is a grant givenContinue reading “remembering fieldwork”
stones and sheep and gray skies
I returned to work. The center, that had been almost empty all summer, slowly started to fill up with academics again, and in the beginning of September the entire staff relocated to the island Stora Karlsö off Gotland for three days, to plan, strategize and bond. I had never been there before. This small island inContinue reading “stones and sheep and gray skies”
my colleagues (June 2015)
We were sitting out by the empty hotel pool in the warm evening, planning the last day of the workshop, when I realized: The number of nationalities here is incredible. There had been so much going on since I arrived, with the meetings and the drive to Ghana and the workshop, that I hadn’t hadContinue reading “my colleagues (June 2015)”
the workshop (June 2015)
The main reason for this visit to Burkina Faso and Ghana was not to plan the project with the different teams, but for one of the teams to hold a workshop in Zebilla, a village close to Bolgatanga in northern Ghana. The rest of us tagged along, out of curiosity about the workshop and toContinue reading “the workshop (June 2015)”
diving into the deep end of development research (June 2015)
I graduated on June 4th. I did not get any time to enjoy the feeling of having a master’s of sustainability science, though. My contract as a research assistant started the same day I graduated, and three days later, I left Sweden for project meeting/workshop/study site scoping trip to Burkina Faso and Ghana. Charles deContinue reading “diving into the deep end of development research (June 2015)”
Katja Malmborg 