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Well, I am writing a lot since I have access right now! :)
Last night I went out to dinner to this little cafe. It was kind of expensive, but I went by myself, so I got to basically people watch for two hours (I sat outside. Oh! and don't worry, Iveta says it's safe to be out during the day alone in Linkoping). It was so nice just to watch life going on. I know that is really silly and cliche and all, but I really enjoyed watching the couples holding hands and people going by on bikes and all that.
Today, our summer school started. It is intense! We were in class/lecture from about 9 until about 6 or so, with a few breaks in between. We heard lectures today from Rosi Braidotti and Gloria Wekker, who were both very interesting, although Rosi Braidotti was pretty hard to follow. She is amazingly intelligent! :) Then we broke up into small groups to discuss, which helped in comprehension! :) I feel a little out of place since my feminist background is within religion and English, while most of the people here have a sociological background in general feminist theory. Their vernacular is hard for me to follow simply because I do not know it. However, most of the stuff we are talking about is extremely interesting. Dr. Wekker was talking about the use of the terms allotonen and autochonen (and i butchered the spelling on those) to describe people in the Netherlands, meaning "not from here" and "from here" respectively. Basically, she discussed how the use of these terms was very arbitrary, mostly based on skin color and class, and they are used in both personal and legal settings to "other" people. It was very interesting. I am still absorbing Dr. Braidotti's talk, and I'm not quite sure I can express it coherently yet. :)
Anyway, I hope everything is going well at home! I heard that William Rhenquist died. I can't believe it . . . it makes me sad, politically (sorry to the conservatives out there! I am not making a jab at you, but of course, it is not exactly a victory for us liberals.) and of course, I am sad that he died just on a personal level. The New Orleans stuff is all over the news here, too. It's so terrible! I can imagine what they are going to do for that whole situation.
Well, I should run. Love ya lots!
Last night I went out to dinner to this little cafe. It was kind of expensive, but I went by myself, so I got to basically people watch for two hours (I sat outside. Oh! and don't worry, Iveta says it's safe to be out during the day alone in Linkoping). It was so nice just to watch life going on. I know that is really silly and cliche and all, but I really enjoyed watching the couples holding hands and people going by on bikes and all that.
Today, our summer school started. It is intense! We were in class/lecture from about 9 until about 6 or so, with a few breaks in between. We heard lectures today from Rosi Braidotti and Gloria Wekker, who were both very interesting, although Rosi Braidotti was pretty hard to follow. She is amazingly intelligent! :) Then we broke up into small groups to discuss, which helped in comprehension! :) I feel a little out of place since my feminist background is within religion and English, while most of the people here have a sociological background in general feminist theory. Their vernacular is hard for me to follow simply because I do not know it. However, most of the stuff we are talking about is extremely interesting. Dr. Wekker was talking about the use of the terms allotonen and autochonen (and i butchered the spelling on those) to describe people in the Netherlands, meaning "not from here" and "from here" respectively. Basically, she discussed how the use of these terms was very arbitrary, mostly based on skin color and class, and they are used in both personal and legal settings to "other" people. It was very interesting. I am still absorbing Dr. Braidotti's talk, and I'm not quite sure I can express it coherently yet. :)
Anyway, I hope everything is going well at home! I heard that William Rhenquist died. I can't believe it . . . it makes me sad, politically (sorry to the conservatives out there! I am not making a jab at you, but of course, it is not exactly a victory for us liberals.) and of course, I am sad that he died just on a personal level. The New Orleans stuff is all over the news here, too. It's so terrible! I can imagine what they are going to do for that whole situation.
Well, I should run. Love ya lots!
posted by Jennifer @ 9:18 PM
2 Comments:
At 1:18 PM,
Anonymous said…
Jennifer,
I am not that familiar with Blogs .. but I am catching up. Happy to talk to you.
Love Dad
At 11:46 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hey Jen, I hope you're enjoying your falafel my friend (along with all the academics of course)!We miss you over here and we're sending Kappa Phi prayers your way!
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