Dissertation? Check.
A few weeks ago, I successfully defended and deposited my dissertation. I have since moved from Madison to my new home, Iowa City, where I am now an assistant professor… Continue Reading
Yearly Archives: 2011
Forbes Series on Entrepreneurship in Kibera
The past few months, I’ve been busy finishing my dissertation and doing little else. Now that my committee is reading the goods and deciding my fate (I defend next week),… Continue Reading
A History of Kibera
Before I first visited Kibera in 2008, I started tracking down books, newspaper articles, and journal articles to learn more about Kibera’s history. During this search, I found a couple… Continue Reading
American Remakes of British Television
DePaul University Assistant Professor Paul Booth and I just published the chapter “Translating the Hyperreal (Or How The Office Came to America, Made Us Laugh, and Tricked Us into Accepting… Continue Reading
Same-Same in Mathare
I was doing some dissertation reading today (as I do everyday) when I came across the following passage: The people of Mathare are neither looking for handouts nor threatening the… Continue Reading
CFP: Globalization and Popular Culture (2011 Midwest Popular Culture Association)
Call for Papers: GLOBALIZATION AND POPULAR CULTURE 2011 Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference Friday-Sunday, October 14-16, 2011 Milwaukee, WI Hilton Milwaukee City Center www.mpcaaca.org Deadline: April 30, 2011 We invite… Continue Reading
Fieldnote Fun
I’m knee-deep in fieldnotes at the moment, so I thought I’d share a fun excerpt. This comes from the second day of a video training I did with an organization…. Continue Reading
Before You Transcribe That Interview…
Thankfully, I am almost done transcribing all of my dissertation interviews. While the transcription process helps me get intimately familiar with my “data,” it is also a time-consuming, repetitive, and… Continue Reading
Communication, Culture and Human Rights in Africa
I have a chapter in the just-published book Communication, Culture, and Human Rights in Africa (Bala A. Musa and Jerry Domotaub, editors). My chapter is called “Media Activism, Youth Culture… Continue Reading