Categories: phd
Tags: interview, Moldova, Romania, fieldwork
Date: 10 September 2007 15:10:11
I have done another really excellent interview today (though I say so myself). At this rate I might even get a PhD.
I'm starting to feel that my Moldova data is going to be much better than my Romania data. Mostly because by the time I'd got to Moldova I had had 3 months practice and figured out what I was doing - some of my early Romania interviews are crap. My questions now are much better. Too bad I can't go back to Romania and redo them all! I'm also thinking how, when I left Romania, I really felt like I had a handle on what was going on there with regard to my subject, and I felt really insecure when I first got to Moldova because it was a new place and I had to start again. Now I'm saturated with Moldova, and I tried (as an intellectual exercise at the bus stop this morning) to remember what I found in Romania. And I've forgotten lots of it! Fortunately the last week of my fieldwork is back in Sibiu, so hopefully I can refresh my memory (and have another dose of culture!).
I can't believe I have such a short amount of time left. I leave Moldova in 19 days' time! And leave Romania 7 days after that! Eek! There's still tons to do (that's why I'm in the internet cafe blogging, obviously).