Tomorrow is the day!
Tomorrow is the day, and I am still packing. I knew it. It was inevitable.
So, let me break it down for you. I'm going to be in Madrid for 9 months for the Fulbright Schoarship. Here is a bit of a description. And this is a brief abstract of what I will be doing:
In a globalized world, cultural collisions generate various interesting forms. I would like to study one example of this collision in the south of Spain. My proposed project is to research the Japanese flamenco dancers who have traveled to Spain from Japan to study this ancient art form. I will combine this interest with part-time TA work at a secondary school, basically our version of high school.
What that means exactly, I honestly do not have a clear idea. I think it's going to form itself as I go. Basically, though, it means that I will be running around interviewing Japanese flamenco dancers about their expereinces, while teaching English at a high school. When I tell people about my project, they give me this "Why? What? Flamenco?" kind of sputter. Why am I doing this? Because I want to know about it. That's it. And someone decided to give me money to go investigate, so that is what Imma do. I have a bit of a feeling that my research is going to take a back seat in the first couple of months while I get used to teaching, but I'm ok with that. I think I need a sense of direction and guidance when I first get there.
SO I'm off. Enjoy my Pandora's box of confusion, and hopefully, enlightment.
So, let me break it down for you. I'm going to be in Madrid for 9 months for the Fulbright Schoarship. Here is a bit of a description. And this is a brief abstract of what I will be doing:
In a globalized world, cultural collisions generate various interesting forms. I would like to study one example of this collision in the south of Spain. My proposed project is to research the Japanese flamenco dancers who have traveled to Spain from Japan to study this ancient art form. I will combine this interest with part-time TA work at a secondary school, basically our version of high school.
What that means exactly, I honestly do not have a clear idea. I think it's going to form itself as I go. Basically, though, it means that I will be running around interviewing Japanese flamenco dancers about their expereinces, while teaching English at a high school. When I tell people about my project, they give me this "Why? What? Flamenco?" kind of sputter. Why am I doing this? Because I want to know about it. That's it. And someone decided to give me money to go investigate, so that is what Imma do. I have a bit of a feeling that my research is going to take a back seat in the first couple of months while I get used to teaching, but I'm ok with that. I think I need a sense of direction and guidance when I first get there.
SO I'm off. Enjoy my Pandora's box of confusion, and hopefully, enlightment.
posted by Lisa at 4:38 AM
1 Comments:
hey baby, welcome to your big adventure. I am very excited for you. Unsupervised research is a funny thing I am figuring out, but every time I feel lost, or have a hard time explaining my project to people I step back and think...."I love music, and musicians, and especially tango and violinists, and I'm here to learn about all of those, and thats all I can do"....and really I have learned a ton just by living, not 'formally' researching usually....and you will too. We aren't professionals and sometimes it's a relief to remember that, we're just lucky kids that got lots of money that hopefully will use it with appreciation and to its fullest potential.:)
Thanks for the flamenco contact...those contacts are worth more than gold nuggets to me right now. Keep gathering up good info, people and places for me:) When do you leave spain?
OK, besos chiquita! Good luck getting settled.....Have fun!
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