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Category Archives: PhD
Doing a PhD
Greetings, after a bit of a hiatus from me may I present a wordle word-cloud of my thesis in its entirety. Woo hoo! I’ve had a crazy e.o September updating, re-drafting, and proofing, working late into the night most nights. … Continue reading
Transforming Audiences 2
I took some time out from writing last week to run a research workshop with the Brighton team at iCrossing UK and then attended and presented at Transforming Audiences 2. It is great to see the commercial world taking their … Continue reading
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Tagged Bourdieu, discourse, Foucault, research, social media, Transforming Audiences 2
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Aldirati
I’ve meaning to discuss “The Rise of the Aldirati” for some time. Alas, alak, been super busy at uni with the 3rd year dissertations, marking, and an in-house post-grad conference so no time for blogging recently. I’ve had a paper … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldirati, Bourdieu, brands, consumption, credit-crunch
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Word cloud of my research
There is a bit of a ‘thing’ going on out there of people creating word clouds of their research. Good ones to be found on Almost PhD,Media @LSE &social sim Here’s one from mine. It’s only one chapter, more to … Continue reading
Musings on Bruno Latour
The web is social. Hmmm, well no, because the web is neither subject nor object. Whilst doing some re-drafting last week I returned to a favourite source of inspiration Lury’s Brands: Logos of the global economy. There is a quote … Continue reading
Radical consumption.
I’ve been reading Radical Consumption by Jo Littler, which was only published in Jan this year by O.U press. From the time I began my own research in 2005 this is one of the most engaging titles I’ve read, perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged American apparel, brands, fashion, radical consumption
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Cuba or bust.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I will do when I finally sit my viva and become Dr Peacock. What will life be like post PhD and what is next on my research agenda? I went to Cuba … Continue reading
I haven’t finished
So I promised an update on the state of the per her der back in October, and so far I’ve managed to avoid following that up, because I HAVEN’T FINISHED. I have been working on my PhD since April … Continue reading
Back once again like the renegade master
As the Wild Child Fatboy slim remix goes…”Default damager, power to the people“. Oui mes readers jolie, it is I, & I am back with the ill behavior. Google analytics tells me, much to my surprise and delight, that people are ending … Continue reading
Stand by your method
I’m not a linguist. Phew. I had a minor set-to last week with the discourse analysis section of my consumer interviews, which has knock affects on the overall final structure of the thesis. Being so near the to the end, … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, discourse, Foucault, method, Stuart Hall, Tammy Wynette
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