Behind my GIS: How not to ask for a map
This blogpost evolved from different situations where I was asked to draw a map or to do a GIS-based analysis of ancient stuff (inscriptions, tombs, Roman provinces, finding spots etc.). In one of my...
Stories of everyday phd/postdoclife between old stuff and digital data.
This blogpost evolved from different situations where I was asked to draw a map or to do a GIS-based analysis of ancient stuff (inscriptions, tombs, Roman provinces, finding spots etc.). In one of my...
What actions are meant by the term “academic writing”? Just the actual writing aka you hit the keyboard fiercely and the whole thing sounds like machine-gun fire? Or is it reading, lit review, crying...
Sarah started this chain of thought, when writing about her weird habits to start off a productive work session. You can read about it here. We all spent a long time in our homes...
Today I wanted to share a few thoughts on how we probably all have developed weird habits to start our work sessions or work days. I definitely have, already long before Covid. Although I...
We all know about its existence. We fear it. We are called to arms against all the odds never in our favor, when it comes to Peer Review and facing the comments of our...
Dear readers on the Internet, my name is Aaron and I am a PhD student of classical philology. Sarah recently asked me whether I would like to write a post for this blog, the...
I have to apologize, because I totally forgot to post this entry yesterday. I am on holiday right now and during the weekend I tried to relax and chill. I was really good at...
Okay, I did it. This week I finished my 100 Days of DH challenge, all set up by our ninja Sarah. She wrote about her challenges here, focusing on the visualization process and the...
As you might have realized, you haven’t heard from me in a while. Astrid has been running this blog as a one-woman-show for quite some time now while I’m busy trying to finish my...
Maybe you stopped by because of my title: Positive Procrastination? Sounds challenging, right? Everybody of us has experienced the powers of procrastination (I really like the Wikipedia entry on it), in all its ways,...
I live for the adrenaline. I always have. As you can imagine, in between the bore-out and burn-out that is continuous Covid lockdown, adrenaline rushes are hard to come by. But not this weekend!...
As an archaeologist by training and working in the environment of the northwestern Roman provices, my life and bookshelves are crowded with findings and research on various objects and excavations. But: Even if we...
When you are a trained archaeologist and a trained Classicist by means that you have your MA in both disciplines – and now a PhD in Archaeology as well – you can easily give...
2020 was crazy and we’re all glad it’s over, am I right? But honestly, the ending wasn’t less crazy for me than the rest of the year. Or rather, the rest of the year...
Okay, since Sarah aka Ninja finished her 100 Days and worked out her best strategies to keep her working attitude and focus (you can read about this here (100-Day-Challenges and visualizing the process), or...