On Saturday night I returned to Williamsburg after spending a few intense research days at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reading about the Neighborhood Circulating Exhibitions. After months of delays and waiting due to the ongoing pandemic, I finally had an opportunity to resume my archival deep diving. Let’s take a look at this most… Continue reading Dissertation Work, March Update
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Dissertation Work, February Update
The most exciting update about my dissertation is that next month I’ll be resuming archival research by returning to the Met to look at the documents relating to their Neighborhood Exhibition Program. While I did visit a retrospective about the initiative last year, the archives were still closed at that point, so I was more… Continue reading Dissertation Work, February Update
Dissertation Work, January Update
This first month of the new year has been spent organizing for the year of research and writing to come. Partly it’s because I’m playing catch-up from December. Due to our recent move and the projects we needed to complete along with it, I didn’t do any dissertation work last month. But the new year… Continue reading Dissertation Work, January Update
Dissertation Work: December Update
Last month I talked about some of the issues I’ve been experiencing with procrastination. Today, I’ll discuss the work I’ve done since then while also taking a look back on the past year. In terms of revision, I admittedly haven’t done all that much. After I shifted around a few sections to better reflect my… Continue reading Dissertation Work: December Update
Dissertation Work, November Update
At some point, usually multiple times, most of us experience procrastination. Whether it’s doing some household chore, making a difficult phone call, or working on a challenging project, we’ve probably all encountered something we didn’t want to do, and found ways to put off doing it. Not surprisingly, this happens a lot in graduate school,… Continue reading Dissertation Work, November Update
Dissertation Work, October Update
Last month I shared how I wrote a very preliminary version of chapter 1, and how I took advantage of my training schedule at the Cohen Career Center to set up a daily habit of writing in short bursts. Today, I’ll talk about what I’ve been up to since then. A lot of what I’ve… Continue reading Dissertation Work, October Update
Dissertation Work, August Update
In terms of dissertation work, July was a mixture of rest, resuming content-based research, and organizing my work schedule for the coming months. You already know about the rest part from my recent post on our vacation, so let’s take a look at the other two. In terms of content I’ve been taking a closer… Continue reading Dissertation Work, August Update
Dissertation Work, July Update
I’m currently in Florida on vacation with Brandon, so today’s post was written before we traveled to Pensacola. Rather than take on new readings or other research, I decided last week was a good time to pause and take stock of what I’d done since completing the prospectus, both to see what I’d learned and… Continue reading Dissertation Work, July Update
Dissertation Work, June Update
It’s been a busy few weeks since the last time I talked about the dissertation, so let’s get caught up. Following the approval of the prospectus and sketching out a tentative working schedule, I started reading more deeply into nineteenth-century mobile visual culture, including panoramas, magic lantern shows, and peep shows. Aside from learning more… Continue reading Dissertation Work, June Update
Dissertation Work, May Update
The most exciting news about my dissertation right now is that I successfully completed my prospectus colloquium on April 12, and that my project, tentatively titled “Reassessing Art Outreach Exhibitions,” has been approved. This means that the faculty members who read my prospectus agreed that I should move forward with the project. This also means… Continue reading Dissertation Work, May Update