More fundraising. It never ends. Two weeks ago I was embroiled in preparing packages to send to 30 foundations requesting support for grad school. Now, I'm in the throes of gathering all that's needed for the OGS grant. I still haven't written my Statement of Intent, but I've been thinking it over quite a bit.
If you haven't looked at my other blog, where the fundraising is just starting, visit me at :
http://azuregarage.blogspot.com/
But besides that, I've been swamped by reading. The first week was a bit foundational, but things are picking up intellectually. I've especially enjoyed being introduced to Bennett, whose writing I find as interesting as Bourdieu, actually, but alot easier to read. But I'm also feeling like part of my practice is certainly going to involve inflecting work with a more positive attitude about human beings and their motivations.
Interestingly, alot of what I've been reading for the Cultural Theories course reminds me of the things I 'discovered' working here at U of T in 1995. I remembered being thrilled to stumble across Saussure, probably through Bourdieu. I had a book then, purchased at the U of T bookstore Language and Symbolic Power. That writing was an inspiration to me, and I guess I maintain an interest in the uses of language and signs.
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