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Search Results: A short history on the luck, failings and success of field work
This blog entry has been triggered by encountering the article: “let’s re-write the scientific paper”1 flagged up by Anna Doeser on twitter. It discusses how modern scientific papers are too formal and that we should: “… report our research more nearly as it happened; let us overcome our fear of revealing our humanity, our good luck, even our failings, and acknowledge the contributions from our intuition and imagination as well as the… Read More
By Zarah Pattison My PhD fieldwork days have come to an end and on reflection I can now appreciate how much was achieved, both good and challenging, in such a short time frame. So much happens during a field season but only the successes make it into scientific literature. For me, the gritty details and mistakes that get left behind make field work experience so much more memorable and allow you to… Read More
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