#masterarbeit

[marie-curie]

03.06.2024 // currently working on a presentation i have to do on thursday. i'm supposed to present the literature for my MA thesis, so background research, theory, what i'm going to do etc. it's a very useful task to do but at the same time it stresses me out.

[nealc25]

[Before starting] 23.10.2019 // at the local Stadtsbibliothek, working on the end of Benveniste- Chapter. It was very delicate to find a good conclusion and I also had very little time to work on it. This week is kind of hectic, the semester is starting, so now I have to manage work, college&personal life and I needed to do some planning: 

1. I´m trying to get into a French course but it´s not working. I showed up at any possibly available course but at FU everything is fully booked and at HU I´m not priority beeing an FU Student. If I'm not set up by the end of the week, I´ll wait till November and start French outside of the uni, in a Volkshochschule.

2. My parents are visiting in less than a week. And they are staying for almost a week. I´m happy to see them but there could have been better moments for that. Anyway, with some good planning, I´ll manage to get done as much work as I can this week so that I can spend some relaxed family time.  3. I´m applying for an Internship as a Volunteer in the coolest Literaturhaus in Berlin (LCB). It should start in January 2020, a full-time and 14-months job. I was on doubt, if I shouldn’t apply for something full-time since I´m still enrolled at Uni (but maybe it could not be a problem?). Anyway, if I get the job, I could really think of dropping Uni or asking just for 2 hours on Thursday free to attend the only Seminar I really want to keep. Drücke mir die Daumen / Wish me good luck. 4. I´m starting a translation-course with the contemporary poet Uljana Wolf. I wrote on her, sent her my work, applied and got in. She is great and I can´t wait. *updates soon*    

[After the conclusions]

24.10.2019 // Now I just need to write the FAZIT / Summary of the Chapter. Today’s Task.  

[jeansmindpalace]

Printable Schedule for a Thesis Processing Period - Jean's Mind Palace

This post includes all the To-Do's & a printable with time estimates to set up a schedule for the processing period of an empirical research thesis.

[undersummerstars]

Help wanted - do it for the science :D

Hi everyone! 

Finally I’m about to finish my Masters degree in Geography (it’s the final countdooown :D) but for doing so I need your help for my thesis, pleeease! 

All you need to do is watch the music video for Perfect by Mr. Ed Sheeran and let me ask you just a handful of questions about it :) 

If you’re willing to help / let me pester you, just pop in my inbox off anon or message me and I’ll get back to you!

[All data will be handled anonymously of course!]

Thank you all so much already!

[marie-curie]

week 4 // i havn't posted something in a long while. i started my master thesis in april and being back in the lab was rough for me. feeling very self concious and sometimes stupid. but i guess you first have to be stupid to learn something.

[nealc25]

16.09.2019// back from the Summer School in Cracow, back to my Master Thesis. After the summer break, I’ve been feeling very productive, I’m writing regularly in the library, about seven hours a day, six days a week. I’m not rushing or cramming, I also take my time. I don’t write after dinner, I regularly go out for concerts, drinks, theatre, cinema ( also because after getting my master degree I won’t have any student discount for cultural activities). Actually, I’m enjoying this Masterarbeit thing a lot.

[nealc25]

9.10.2019// Working on the Benveniste Part, trying to cut on repeats and redundancies. This chapter style is totally different from the Jakobson Chapter. Benveniste´s writing is quite rhetoric and as I wrote this part I  hadn´t realized how badly I was imitating his style, trying to explain his theory. This may also depend on the language. French, Italian and sometimes German can be very elaborated and redundant while academic English is more essential. And Jakobson´s was a translation from English, Benveniste´s from French.  After lecturing this I need to turn on Kristeva and write Rinck asap. If this week I´m not done with both, I´ll just leave them to the end.  Prioritize, Prioritize, Prioritize. 

[janaklaroo]