CW: racism.[I initially wanted to share this post to a very different audience. It has been in my drafts for a while now, but as work on my dissertation prospectus continues, I feel like it is becoming more relevant again. I know the saying „research is me-search“ is oftentimes employed to discredit „non-conventional“ projects by […]
I gave my class a simple task: go on TikTok, find a video that you would consider „educational“ and share it in the discussion section on canvas. Further, I asked them to be prepared to speak about it in class: What makes it educational to you? I adjusted the discussion in such a way that […]
Herrje, where did the time go? I made it through the first 3 weeks of teaching and besides some early hiccups, it surprisingly has been smooth sailing so far! The class initially started out with 20 students and after some swaps and drops, I have a stable group of 13 students. I am very pleased […]
The Count-Down has started: In less than a week I will be standing in front of students, welcoming and introducing them to Phil 127 – Introduction to (Social) Epistemology. The first course that I am teaching on my own. Last semester I got to practice teaching in a co-teaching structure together with one of my […]
This did not work as planned. What a start. So from the beginning. Over the summer I wanted to catch up on everything, be ahead of my preparations for the next semester, and regularly update this blog. But then I got stuck in a Writer’s Block. This affected both, the blog and the final paper […]
It has been years since I have been active on this blog, for a variety of reasons. Initially, I wanted to keep it as a diary to accompany me throughout my graduate studies. But then the reality of grad school and being an immigrant in a foreign country on a different continent hit me with full […]
Wow, so much has been going on I don’t know where to start. Gender reveal! No, I am not pregnant. On the contrary, this title is not about a potential baby but about me. I’ve been listening to myself a lot lately, reflected on my feelings and behaviour both in the present and in the […]
digital grad notes 