So we finished the behavioural economic experiments for the second work package (WP) in my project Patron of the seas and I’m back in Stockholm finishing off paper 1 which is a grounded theory of sukianay (patronage relations in the Philippines) that I put together with research assistants and project participants over the last two years (hectic). […]
Research Diaries #6- Goat sacrifice, injustices to fisherfolk & insightful feedback! We are back to our second home here in Concepcion Iloilo- where I have been doing my research with fisherfolk since 2015. We have come back to Tito Alo and Tita Gina’s house of course out in the island Barangays of Concepcion. I feel
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We landed back in Iloilo this week, we meaning me and all the boys, Ferdia (4), Fién (1) and Vitas (49)! It took us three days, two hotel nights and 4 airports to get here but all in all it was an ok journey- except for Fién who was a pain in the BEEP the
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Post 4: 13th March 2024- A Window into shared culture? Iloilo City, Western Visayas, Philippines Tito Alo’s and Tita Gina’s @night with full moon It’s been a while! We are back in the city now post 60 interviews, Jelai and I both nearly lost our voices and were fairly wrecked after those 3.5 weeks! We
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Post 3: 11th February 2024 — Arriving @ the Fieldsite, kids & all Sitio Pasil, Barangay Tambaliza, Concepcion, Iloilo, Western Visayas, Philippines We arrived to the amazing fieldsite! Back to my honorary Tito and Tita — Alo and Gina in Sitio Pasil (Barangay Tambaliza) whom I stayed with in 2017 to run the behavioural economic experiments
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Post 2: 24th January 2024 — Travel agencies (Bahala na!) & interpretivism Iloilo City, Western Visayas, Philippines Feeling much better about everything at the moment, I’m still stuck in this academic space with a wee little project all by myself (would much rather be in a project team and support a fun group!) but hey
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Iloilo City, Western Visayas, Philippines Finally opening my computer properly for the first time in a month. Have been on Christmas holidays with the kids since the 16th of December so I couldn’t have opened my laptop even if I wanted to. Before that I have been 100% on parental leave since January 2023, I
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