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Category Archives: space
getting into writing – again
I usually don’t have a lot of trouble writing. I’m lucky I know, but my capacity to just get on with writing is also because I’ve got a lifetime writing habit. However, even the most hardy of habits can be … Continue reading
Posted in mental space, music, place, space, time
Tagged academic writing, headspace, Joanne HArris, mental space, music, Pat Thomson
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are we all part time now?
Being a part-time doctoral researcher is hard. Part-timers are generally already in work, professionals, “mature”, doing the doctorate to upgrade quals and/or further an interest. There’s a lot of part-time in my field of education, and in other areas like … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, part time PhD, space
Tagged digital, isolation, part time doctorate, Pat Thomson, working at home
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writing home and away
I’m working away from my desk, as my out of office assistant puts it. But I’m still very much working. I’m writing out of place. I don’t have my usual working set up. And not just for a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, academic writing as work, office, space, writing routine
Tagged academic writing, desktop, out of office, Pat Thomson, routine, space
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academic travel story – on getting un-jammed
I’ve just been on a week’s leave in the south of France. Well yes, poor me eh. Anyway before we get into a discussion of whether this was a good or bad time to go or be away, Ill just … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, performativity, publishing, space, time
Tagged Pat Thomson, research, time/space
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