PhD shopping
i still don't even know if it's the right thing to do, but i'm talking to peeps about it anyway.
and it's quite a strange process to feel like you're testing people for a commitment of 3-4 years.
part of me wants to research in an international university, for something different. although i do love the idea of working with some fantastic australian artists/writers.
and it has thrown me into a bit of a quandary about how to best extend my practice. through the 'research' model of academia, or through the 'development' model of studio practice and funding? i'm sure that i'm being a tad binary about that either/or, but it feels like two different very routes to take and i don't know which one serves me best - i think i'd like a little from column A and a little from column B, please.
and perhaps i'm over-thinking the whole thing and i should just have some goddamn fun.
6 comments:
I hear media studies is popular.
Ducked in, thought I'd say "hi".
Tough decision...hopefully you have plenty of time up your sleave to make it.
:-)
doddsy, your support and wisdom is as welcome as ever.
angela! lovely to see you. thanks for the support - i've been mulling this over for about 9 months so far. i still haven't gotten any further, but i have a feeling the answer will present itself soon enough.
o/s sounds like the one to me. Offers you magic without the boredom. Petty Melbourne will always be a distraction. You're too bright a star for this town, me thinks.
Is it really that black or white? Hope it doesn't have to be that way
northern it's probably not that black and white - certainly i'm looking for a third option there, but in the artists whose careers i value and look to, they do seem to divide along those two lines.
however, i think i've done myself enough injury thinking about this for the time being and have decided to forgo it for another year. it's just not fitting, so i would rather let it pass and wait until it does. nothing like having to squeeze into an undersized PhD to completely fuck up a girl's night.
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