Thesis Post #5: Bitter Nectar

I was combining my lit review and thesis pages today, and I thought, "This is long." But then, I remembered that there were people last year who had over one hundred pages. :/ I suppose I should consider myself fortunate. Maybe people will be more likely to read it.

I hope people enjoy it. It's not the most innovative thesis, but at least, it's interesting to learn about how cultural institutions in another country work.

Stay safe, everyone. Here's a poem to cheer you up:

What Day Is It?

Hello Everyone,

Hope you all are doing well! The last couple of weeks have been super crazy and I'm still trying to get into a regular routine. My thesis is still progressing, although very slowly. I have a bit more to do and I just need to push through! I am hoping to have my rough draft finished soonish? I still have some pages to write and some edits to finish! I've been trying to think of all the information that is instrumental to its completion so that I am not adding any unnecessary fluff! My poster is also still on my list of things to do, and I will hopefully finish that piece in the next couple of weeks. Stay safe!

Blog Post #12: Slowly Adjusting

Hi everyone. It's been a couple of weeks and I am slowly settling into this new "normal."

One of the benefits of being a part time student this semester and last is that I already had a LOT of extra time on my hands, but now that school is cancelled and my three part-time jobs are cancelled, I have like a LOT times five free time now. Primarily this means extra sleep ;)

But since I've had to work at managing at my time for thesis all year anyhow, the lack of in-person contact isn't a world-ending shift for me. Luckily I got my case study done in February so I don't need to worry about that, and really it's all about finishing going through my edits from my advisors (and my mom!)

I hope everything is going well for the rest of you and I am so so sorry we won't get to celebrate our accomplishments in person in May. I'm still in Rochester so if anyone needs anything, whether it's a food delivery or anything else, please let me know!!

Hooooo Boy

Like what many other people are saying, Corvid-19 has completely changed our schedules and our abilities in completing and working on our thesis as well as staying safe. I had to suddenly move out of housing, which took about 3 days, and set up everything at my house. Everyone is doing well at my house for the time being, but its been stressful being locked up. We've also been having multiple power outages which has me worried. Despite this, the only set back I've had on my thesis is my ability to talk with the Latino community on campus to inform them about by program. I just hope everything can go back to normal soon. I hope the rest of you are doing OK. We'll get through this I'm sure of it! Good luck everyone and please use safe practices!

Corona Crazy

So this whole COVID-19 has definitely put some new stress on me and this project. So far I've just been making corrections on the Thesis and I plan and spending a lot more time reworking my poster as well as making a lot of structural changes to my thesis as advised. I am also trying to work on the Literature Review as my thesis is changing and developing I fell as though the works I now incorporating need to be reflected in the upcoming changes. Still a good amount of work but its certainly coming along. Hope all is well with everyone else, stay safe!

Blog post #4

Hi all,

To be quite honest, this is insane! I'm feeling anxious and-- in a strange way, it almost feels like I'm mourning the loss of this semester? I know everyone's feeling something similar, so I don't really feel the need to dwell in that headspace.

I've transitioned to phone call interviews only for my thesis. While I miss the easier-established rapport of interviewing in person, I really can't (and won't) complain. I feel so badly for each and every one of you that's struggling to or unable to conduct user testing / visitor studies / site visits  now.

Please know that I have the utmost faith in our shared abilities. I know everything sucks and the world is a bit of a scary place right now, but we'll get through this (hopefully) temporary setback together. Cherish all the parts of the thesis journey that have made you smile so far, and look for those silver linings.

Be kind to yourselves, and stay sanitized!

no words

Hello, I hope everyone is safe and as well as they can be at this time. I am feeling a bit discouraged and disappointed as school is shut down and commencement has been cancelled. I know all hope isn't lost but it's sad to know I wont be able cross the stage I worked so hard to get on. I am currently moving out of RIT housing and back home (I have not lived at home full time in about 4 years so it'll be a change for sure!), I am still working with professors on getting acclimated to online courses so everything is up in the air right now. As for thesis, my focus groups are put on hold and I have been researching ways to possibly do the groups on a video chat of some sort. Thankfully before the break --due to procrastination-- I hadn't sent out the forms to schedule the focus group. Just trying to get emotionally adjusted to these new changes for the semester and trying to get some rest for the duration of this spring break.

Things are certainly going

The last week and a half have been... A lot. With the spreading of this virus, to the move of everything going digital things have only gotten more complicated. I had the intention to get a solid amount of writing done and was hoping to make more edits but the last week has been filled with helping my family make plans and figure out what we're doing with the whole Pandemic situation.

As things are begging to settle more at home I'll be able to use more time to refine and work anew on my writing but for now, my situation and thoughts remain muddled. I am however trying to remain hopeful and optimistic about moving forward.

What is going on?!!

This whole situation has been unbelievable!
My whole thesis process has stop. I am currently trying to get back on track with my other class and thesis. I had to finish my visitors studies at one attempt and forget about doing a second go at it.  I only got to interview one of the two people I wanted for my thesis, so I will have to come up with something to replace that last component.
Its very hard to think about school with the current pandemic going on!
If this continuous will thesis even matter?

Hopefully we all finish something and get the most done we can

stay safe everyone!!

Thesis Post #4: All This

Well...

I'm pretty sure we're all on the same page. This is a very confusing time for everyone. It's hard to get into the swing of things with all the craziness going on, but I've been trying to do coursework throughout.

A couple weeks ago, I sent some emails to request contact information for the BCM, but there's been no response so far. If they don't get back to me by the time the thesis is due, at least I have some pictures of the exhibits from the Internet. I'm thinking about changing my thesis outline to narrow the scope, since I've gotten advice from a few professors about limiting how much I am trying to cover. It makes sense.

Hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying the remaining days of the extended break.

A Bit Behind Schedule

Hello All,

These past few weeks have been crazy. I was on a family trip when everything was announced and came back to a bucket load of emails. While away I didn't get as much done on my thesis as I would have liked. Honestly, a cruise isn't really the right atmosphere to work on work... sooo for the most part my computer sat in my backpack. I still have more to write, although the last few sections should be pretty easy. I also have a few more things to do on my online platform. This next week is going to be super busy and crazy but I am hoping to have everything done a couple days before the deadline... fingers crossed!

Blog Post 11: Also Sick

To absolutely no one's surprise I am sick 😷. I am currently riddling through how I'm going to finish my thesis the way I wanted to because both the museums I am focusing on are closed. I'm sure everyone else that was doing in person studies is feeling the same. Stay safe everyone, hope y'all are breathing a little easier than me.

Blog Post #11: Sick

I am incredibly sick right now.

I have not done anything new on thesis in weeks.

I am submitting this blog post for the grade.

Putting the pedal to the floor

So, I am writing this blog post right before our spring break just as a reference. However, I don't plan on completely taking this entire week off! My plan is to write the transcripts from both my interviews, yes I finally got them! I also want to complete my First Person and Hostile Terrain sections. From here all I would need to do is write about the project I want to do and then do the conclusion! I am also currently thinking about dropping my Bringing the Lessons Home case study. I think I have enough material as it is and I haven't worked much on it. Otherwise things are going smoothly and I know what needs to be done!