[Air-l] conference - the aftermath

[Monica Barratt]

I concur with Mary-Helen and Paul. The Doctoral Colloquium was reassuring -
often it feels isolating being a PhD student working on the edge of your own
discipline or in my case, field of study (drug and alcohol studies).
Although we all came from such different areas of study (with 'internet' in
common) and different places around the world, we could find much common
ground in our experiences of the PhD process itself. 

Another important part of the conference was the people I met. This being my
first 'internet' conference, it is exciting and different for me to not only
collect people's business cards, but to subscribe to their blogs as well.
What a great way to stay in touch with people's research and ideas, and to
continue learning from/with them long after the conference is complete. 

Rivka, I look forward to reading your summary. What a great idea!

cheers
monica

Monica Barratt
PhD Candidate
National Drug Research Institute
Curtin University
PO Box 8016
Camberwell North Vic. 3124
+61 407 778 938
monica.barratt at postgrad.curtin.edu.au


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[mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Mary-Helen Ward
Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2006 1:41 PM
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-l] conference - the aftermath

I absolutely agree with Paul. The doctoral colloquium was the height of the
conference for me too. I enjoyed the multi-disciplinary perspectives on
students' problems and not feeling with I am 'out on a limb' somehow with my
ideas and experience.

M-H

Paul Teusner wrote:

>Hey Rivka,
>
>Thanks for the idea and for committing yourself to making it happen.
>
>For me the best day of the conference was the Doctoral Colloquium on 
>the previous day. It was brilliant to have all students, who are mainly 
>involved in interdisciplinary research, and thus feelings on the 
>margins of their respective departments, share their experiences of doing
"Internet and"
>studies, e.g. Internet and psychology, Internet and education, Internet 
>and family studies, etc. For many of us we found a centre, while we 
>mostly feel on the edge in our home universities.
>  
>

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