Last Assignment!
Hi all,
So our last week and meeting have arrived, and I want to take the opportunity to share with you our recently published article about expertise in an environmental controversy surrounding the Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia.
Aside from knowing a bit more of my work, and going deeper into an anthropological-STS perspective on environmental controversies and resource extraction, this short article works as an example for how to structure a paper and combine ethnographic writing with theoretical analysis and literature review. So look at it also in those terms, which can help you write your own papers later (that is something you can also do with other articles or chapters you read through the master).
Also, remember to read from your own expertise... if you are in transcultural studies, read from that perspective! If you are a geographer, think about the geographical problems entwined in the case. Same applies if you are interested in controversies, business studies, STS in general, or even engineering and management. Remember that our bachelor and master formation usually is what will give us the lenses to look at the world. That includes reading things apparently are not related to us and find connecting points.
As an assigned activity, I ask you to answer the following questions:
1. what did you find the most interesting about the article?
2. what did you find hard to understand or did not like? (Be honest! Don't think you'll be speaking with the author)
3. And the question from last week, which I suggest you ask yourselves after every reading: how does it relate to my own research interest or is helpful for my thesis/work?
Have a nice last week.