[Written on September 17th, on trains between Delft and Göttingen] Traveling by train in Europe: All the changes, I have seen many stations, waited on many benches. In some ways, it is stressful. It takes a long time, it is a hassle to carry my bags around, trying to figure out where to go nextContinue reading “thoughts about train-traveling”
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Sahelian stories: A young researcher trying out social media
Some weeks ago, I was the guest editor of Stockholm Resilience Centre’s Instagram account under the hashtag #SRCFieldwork. Every week, a master’s or PhD student or researcher at the center posts photos and tells stories from their fieldwork experiences. The idea is to give some insight into the work behind the research and also shareContinue reading “Sahelian stories: A young researcher trying out social media”
the naming of landscapes
I’m catching up on some reading, newspaper articles that I’ve been recommended but haven’t had the time to read yet. I have a folder in my bookmarks bar that has been growing since March. I read an article unexpectedly relevant for my line of work, titled The word-hoard: Robert Macfarlane on rewilding our language of landscape. It isContinue reading “the naming of landscapes”
my odd memory (Written on November 21)
I’ve learned something new about my memory here. I’ve always known that there are things that rarely stick, unless I put some effort in it, like names or phone numbers. Elli laughs at me for always having to ask her what my Burkinabe cellphone number is. It shouldn’t be too hard to memorize, eight digits,Continue reading “my odd memory (Written on November 21)”
a re-awakened love for numbers (Written on November 20)
I’m a geographer, so the concept of projections and coordinate systems is nothing new to me. But working here, walking around with a GPS device and then having to produce map sketches of the places that I have just visited, connecting real-world experiences with points in a shapefile, well, it has made me realize justContinue reading “a re-awakened love for numbers (Written on November 20)”
the Summary – why we are here (written on November 19)
I’ve been writing a lot about certain aspects of my project here, but I’m actually not sure if I’ve ever written anything about the project as a whole. What it is all about. What are all these transect walks good for? Why has Elli dug up all this soil? What are we even here for?Continue reading “the Summary – why we are here (written on November 19)”
exciting landscapes (November 4)
Today, I did transect walks in a village called Rallo. Things look kind of the same everywhere here, at first glance, and I’m starting to feel like I’m an old record player stuck on repeat, asking the same questions over and over. The answers rarely suprise me, because I’ve already asked someone else, in someContinue reading “exciting landscapes (November 4)”
Katja Malmborg 