Tags: blog, interview, academia, physio, Glasgow
Date: 06 March 2008 17:18:37
One thing I've found in my reading around my subject is that everybody quotes two theorists - Foucault and Bourdieu. I've been putting off reading them for as long as I could, but I really do have to bite the bullet and get my head round them, as they (apparently) had lots to say of relevance to the things I'm looking at in my research. But I really struggle to understand what they're on about. Why do academics have to write so densely? (it's nothing to do with the fact that I'm thick, you understand, nothing at all). And they're both so bloody prolific (understatement), so trying to figure out which books to read is just making my head hurt - if I can't understand any of them, how can I know which ones are more relevant? Sigh.
In other news, I went to the physio today. I was nervous, as last week when things didn't seem to be improving very much she had talked about reviewing me today and maybe referring me to the orthopaedic doctors. But today it is much better and she has decided that it is only ligament damage and that there isn't anything going on with the cartilage that requires poking and prodding by doctors, so I am to just carry on with the knee massage and exercises I've been doing and see her again in 4 weeks. So I'm very happy and relieved about that!
And in other other news, I have also just been interviewed by a journalist from the Glasgow Evening Times about my Glasgow Daily Photo blog (link to the left). How hilarious is that? I have to have my photo taken next week, so presumably the article will appear at the end of next week or the beginning of the one after that. *giggle*