My Life inside my iPhone
Dr. Who?
The rationale of the emic insider in research dynamics is far more romanticised than one often admits. As a non-Indigenous valedictorian of my USP undergraduate degree, I assumed I would be confident in presenting my findings, testing theories, and conceptualising ideas. Whoever framed positionality as merely an expression of personal worldview may have overlooked how…
Something is eating my time
I was sitting across the table from my 10-year-old nephew. He looked at me with a frown, his little face unusually serious. “Someone’s eating my time,” he said. I blinked. “Sorry… what was that? Who’s eating what?” His mother glanced at me, smiling gently, rolling her eyes as if to say, his being dramatic. Teasing…
My life in an iPhone!
When I first arrived in Australia, I stepped into a city that felt overwhelming—crowded streets, unpredictable weather that seemed to have a mind of its own. You guessed it: Melbourne. Years later, who would have thought this same city would offer me the opportunity of a lifetime—my dream of pursuing a PhD with a scholarship!…