September 2012- September 2013: the Good, the Bad and the Broken Nose.

During  year two (full-time) I  have attended/completed the following training:
Title of Training Completed	Notes/Comments	Date Completed
July-September, email discussions of thesis project with Dr. Ben Burt of the British Museum		July-September 2012
August and September; paid Collections Care support, Supervisor Janet Berry, Collections Room, School of Museum Studies.		August and September 2012
10 September and 24 September --Exhibition installation support for ‘Mouseion’ with curator/colleague Alex Woodall, working with Hazel Jones and Michael Leigh (10/09) and Karl and Kimberely Foster (24/09)		10 September and 24 September 2012
Personal Challenge: Medical leave / home rest for treatment of concussion and fractured nose, 14-24 September		14-24 September 2012
25 September—commencement of workshop series in professional development/training in teaching for the Arts and Humanities.		25 September 2012
27 September- 5 October, creation and submission of ethics forms for the Brown Bag Interview Sessions. Determined from group discussion of the proposal that official ethics permission was not required.		27 September- 5 October 2012
1 October Museum Studies Welcoming Reception for Mas; meet and greet session with academics and current PhD research students. Also successfully completed re-registration process and turned in an ‘Annual Report’ for 2011-2012.		1 October 2012
Personal Challenge: Malingering and extremely nasty cold/sinus infection with bronchial cough commencing last weekend of September through to the end of October.	Health problems and moving house challenged my short-term research progress throughout the autumnal term of 2012-2013.	October 2012
02 October Ross Parry reviews essay assessment with MA students; PhD markers requested be in attendance (this is a part of the departmental training requirements for PhD markers in Museum Studies).		02 October 2012
08 October Reviewed the online Marking training session provided by Ross Parry and Museum Studies.		08 October 2012
O9 October—Teacher Training Session cancelled due to fire/water damage . . .		O9 October 2012
11 October 10:30AM meeting with Ross Parry about the new protocols for marking in Museum Studies.		11 October 2012
12 October Reviewed the MA field trip requirements for the MA students and planned debriefing session with colleague Alex Woodall.		12 October 2012
15 October Picked up and marked 21 MA ‘Practice Essays’.		15 October 2012
16 October 8-5:30 Chaperoned MA field trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Entered marks/comments into departmental database upon return from YSP from 5:30-7.		16 October 2012
17 October Co-taught YSP debriefing session with colleague Alex Woodall.		17 October 2012
17 October Attended Brown Bag Seminar session featuring guest speaker Patricia Cronin.		17 October 2012
17-20 October: Completed review of 17 October Brown Bag Seminar session with Patricia Cronin and posted review to ‘The Attic’ blog on 20 October.		17-20 October 2012
23 October, Teacher Training Session at Charles Wilson Library.		23 October 2012
24 October Brown Bag Seminar: Dr Rhiannon Mason ‘The Place of Art in the Public Art Gallery: A Visual Sense of Place' ’		24 October 2012
24 October Museum Studio Seminar (led by Amy Hetherington).		24 October 2012
28 October ‘Museum Crawl’ with Dr. Amy Barnes.		28 October 2012
31 October Supervision with Dr. Sandra Dudley.		31 October 2012
4 November turned in training plan and record of 31 October supervision.		4 November 2012
6 November Ethics clearance for field work component of research completed and signed off.		6 November 2012
Personal Challenge: 1-30 November moving into new house. One month without Internet access from home.		December 2012
07 November Brown Bag Seminar:  Sally Thorhauge, Museums as learning environments: the need to rethink Danish museums educational programs for upper secondary schools.		07 November 2012
13-20 November Video Interview with Thorhauge and editing. (20 November video passed for inhouse viewing by Thorhauge)		13-20 November 2012
14 November, Coordinated and hosted a tutorial session in the use of Blackboard and in managing digital media. Guest Speaker Dr. Ceri Jones		14 November 2012
14 November Led Museum Studio Seminar Session.		14 November 2012
14 November SSCC meeting—have accepted placement on the 2013 UoL MS conference coordinating committee.		14 November 2012
18-20 November Editing and Posting Museum Studies Vlog Report.		18-20 November 2012
19-26 November Final edit of proofs for contribution to Berg publications 2013.	Afterword: A View from the Bridge in Conversation with Susan Pearce, from within: Museums and communities: Curators, collections and collaboration, Viv Golding, Wayne Modest (eds.) 2013.	19-26 November 2012
Personal Challenge: 22 November, bike-related injury to left knee and temple; no professional medical attention required.		22 November 2012
27 November Reviewer for Alex Woodall’s Think Tank Session		27 November 2012
28 November Supervision with Dr. Sandra Dudley		28 November 2012
28 November Brown Bag Session		28 November 2012
30 November turned in record of 28 November supervision and Uploaded issue of Museum Studies Report		30 November 2012
05 December Brown Bag with Mouseion Artist’s Workshop		05 December 2012
7 December Teaching Assistance to MA Programme—Individual Presenations		7 December 2012
7 December Supervision with Dr. Sandra Dudley		7 December 2012
09 December Edited and uploaded Museum Studies Report.		09 December 2012
12 December Brown Bag Seminar and SSCC Meeting		12 December 2012
13 December Reviewer to Cy’s Think Tank Session.		13 December 2012
14 December 2012– 31 December 2012 Term Break		14 December 2012
1 January 2013 Interview with Elder Virginia Beavert (Research Fieldwork)		1 January 2013
2-4 January Drafted Proposal for  Scientific Research with British Museum and submitted proposal to supervisor Sandra Dudley		2-4 January 2013
9 January Attended Exhibitions Committee meeting (took minutes).		9 January 2013
10 January Wrote up formal minutes for Exhibitions Committee, sent minutes to Sandra Dudley, also submitted research fieldwork report.		10 January 2013
17 January Teaching assistant to Janet Berry for MA field trip.		17 January 2013
30 January Supervision with Dr. Sandra Dudley		30 January 2013
30 January Conference Committee Meeting.		30 January 2013
05 February Proposal for Research with Pitt Rivers Accepted		05 February 2013
27-28 February Research Day in Edinburgh at Scotland’s National Portrait Gallery		27-28 February 2013
1 March Research Day in Coventry at The Herbert Archives		1 March 2013
08 March ‘Engaging Audiences Study Day at British Museum’		08 March 2013
12 March British Museum Hosted Workshop ‘Innovations in Evaluation’	Attendance to this workshop was a competitive placement for which one had to apply to the British Museum. One of the requirements for attendance to this session was a brief presentation of one’s research interests.	12 March 2013
18-24 March Observational Fieldwork at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.	This was interrupted by engineering problems at Leicester’s train station and by winter storms. Research to be resumed 19 April 2013.	18-24 March 2013
18 March Interview with Dr. Laura Peers of Pitt Rivers.		18 March 2013
3 April Supervision with Dr. Sandra Dudley.		3 April 2013
15-16 April, 2013, Brighton, MEG's (Museum Ethnographer’s Group) Annual Conference, ‘Brave New Worlds: Transforming Museum Ethnography through Technology’.		15-16 April, 2013
Manchester: Museum Metamorphosis Study Visit Wednesday 17 April 2013		17 April 2013
18-21 April 2013 Observational Fieldwork at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.		18-21 April 2013
1 May Brown Bag Prof. Piotr Bienkowski		1 May 2013
7 May Generic Skills Training Day 07 May 2013 09:30-16:00, Charles Wilson Building (Fourth Floor)		7 May 2013
24 May-7 June Americas Research. Please Note Particularly Useful Session with Burke Museum and Head of Collections, Rebecca Andrews.	Challenge: Primary expert about and weaver of Klickitat baskets, Nettie Jackson, passed away at the beginning of May before I was able to interview her. Some possibility I may be able to interview weaver Mary Schlick.	24 May-7 June 2013
5 June Final Planning Session and Orientation with Stuart Frost for British Museum Research.		5 June 2013
10 June 11AM Supervision with Sandra Dudley		10 June 2013
24-28 June Research Week	Departmental Responsibilities: Maintained appointment as PhD Representative for Blackboard and accepted post for ‘Research Week 2014 Coordinator’.	24-28 June 2013
13-26 July Field Research British Museum.	Room 26 Visitor Study Completed.	13-26 July 2013
19-21 July 2013, Oxford, ‘The Future of Ethnographic Museums’, Pitt Rivers Museum and Oxford University.	Prof. James Clifford and Prof. Anthony Shelton in attendance.	19-21 July 2013, 2013
31 July Supervision with Dr. Sandra Dudley.		31 July 2013
August-October: For the future: August Review with the British Museum of Visitor Study, 30 October Review Panel, 27 September Connecting with Collections Symposium, Any necessary follow-up interviews, Preparations for departmental conference 4-5 November.		Various.

2013 Monday 25 February: Revisions to Paper, Revisions to Bibliography/Resources
2013 Tuesday 26 February: Read Journals, Made Revisions to Paper, Updates to Social Media and Journals
2013 Wednesday 27 February: Field Research Edinburgh
2013 Thursday 28 February: Field Research Edinburgh
2013 Friday 1 March: Field Research Coventry
2013 Weekend 2 & 3 March: Out of Office

2013 Monday 28 January: Drafting Paper.
2013 Tuesday 29 January: Drafting Paper.
2013 Wednesday 30 January: Supervision with Sandra about proposals. November Conference Committee Meeting and Brown Bag Session.
2013 Thursday 31 January: Interview at Nottingham Job Centre to obtain National Insurance Number and visit to Nottingham Contemporary.
2013 Friday 1 February: Professional Correspondence and Applications.
2013 Weekend 2 & 3 February: Out of Office

2013 Monday 4 February: Transcriptions.
2013 Tuesday 5 February: Research and emails.
2013 Wednesday 6 February: Readings and notes review.
2013 Thursday 7 February: Drafting Paper
2013 Friday 8 February: Drafting Paper
2013 Weekend 9 & 10 February: Out of Office

2013 Monday 11 February: Drafting Paper and Travel Arrangements.
2013 Tuesday 12 February: Updating notes for Conference Committee and Readings.
2013 Wednesday 13 February: Attempted to go to London--trouble on the tracks, never made it! Very frustrating.
2013 Thursday 14 February: Reviewed Links to International Partnership Projects in Museum Research Initiatives.
2013 Friday 15 February: Out of Office
2013 Weekend 16 & 17 February: Out of Office

2013 Monday 18 February: Project Proposal Revision.
2013 Tuesday 19 February: Professional Correspondences.
2013 Wednesday 20 February: Interviews and Interview Transcription.
2013 Thursday 21 February: Revisions to Paper.
2013 Friday 22 February: ‘Reading in the Gaps’ of the Paper.
2013 Weekend 23 & 24 February: Out of Office

2013 Monday 21 January: TA for Janet Berry; MA Workshops in Handling Objects

2013 22 Tuesday January: Updates of journals, drafting research proposals to British Museum and to Pitt Rivers Museum about fieldwork. Application to British Museum for Workshop in Visitor Research Methods.

2013 23 Wednesday January: Proposal to Pitt Rivers Museum completed and sent. Moved to Monday: Supervision with Sandra about proposals, Discussion of Blackboard course/calendar with Ceri, SSCC meeting--apologies sent. Museum Studios Report from 14 November 2012 written and posted.

2013 24 Thursday January: Revisions to proposals and submission of proposals. Drafting paper. Supervision with Sandra moved to Wednesday.

2013 25 Friday January: Preparation report for next supervision, response to emails, updating memberships, organising unread backlog of recent postings to ‘Consdistlist’, reviewing possible journals and symposiums to submit papers to for publication and/or presentation.

2013 Weekend 26-27 January: Out of Office. Updates of journals.

14 January through 20 January

14 January 2013 Monday: Emails and Arrangements for Followup Interview with Virginia Beavert

15 January 2013 Tuesday: Worked on research essay, answered emails

16 January 2013 Wednesday: Followup Interview with Virginia Beavert 

17 January 2013 Thursday: Field trip to Birmingham Museum Collections Centre with Janet Berry and Museum Studies MA Programme 2012-2013. (Snow storms on the way home.)

18 January 2013 Friday: Readings and Research, Notes review for Monday TA with Janet Berry for MA Program Workshop in Objects Handling. (Snow Storms in Leicester.)

19 & 20 January 2013 Weekend: Out of office.

Friday, 11 January 2013:

Last term, my research did not progress as well as I should have liked, primarily due to a number of health complaints (broken nose, biking accident, respiratory ailments) and basic personal life priorities (moving house). I managed to accomplish the following: successful completion of the ethical clearance process, preliminary field research, departmental responsibilities (Brown Bag Seminar scheduling, Collections Room restructuring and rehousing of the handling collection, November conference committee, seminar leadership, TA support for YSP MA fieldwork), a number of interviews, readings pertaining to research, basic film editing and production practice. 

I am currently working on a paper concerning the responsive role of collections management in ongoing development of heritage and tradition (as practiced in daily life). 

It is my intention to maintain my weekly reports again, starting from Monday, 7 January 2013:

7 January 2013 Monday: Merry Christmas to those in observance of the Julian Calendar and Happy Birthday to me. 

8 January 2013 Tuesday: Worked on current research essay.

9 January 2013 Wednesday: Exhibitions Committee Meeting (attended and took the minutes). Readings. Worked on current research essay.

10 January 2013 Thursday: Wrote up minutes from meeting. Emails to Sandra about yesterday’s meeting and current progress in research, to Janet about TA next Thursday, Friday, Monday and to Burt at BM, Storrie at Horniman, Peers at Pitt Rivers. Readings and essay drafting. 

11 January 2013 Friday: Out of office until next Tuesday.

12 & 13 January 2013 Weekend: Out of office.

Fabrication of Tradition, After the Fall and 'Lines' of Inquiry

JULY 2012

During the week of 23 Monday to 27 Friday, the primary research-related event that took place was Thursday 26 July: ‘Mapping Place and Faith Conference’ at St. Martin’s House, 9:30AM to 3:30PM. I fell and injured my knee on a hasty journey homeward. I also acquired a new mobile phone this week.

*Notably have ordered a new laptop to support my research efforts. Have also ordered a new mobile that is ‘smarter’ than my old one—a Nokia windows phone. I have two weeks to make up my mind about the phone.

Weekend: 28&29 July Resting my knee.

Monday 30 July Troubleshooting phone and Windows mobile tech.

Tuesday 31 July Troubleshooting phone and Windows mobile tech. New Macbook arrived. Troubleshooting new Mac!

AUGUST 2012

Wednesday 1 August Troubleshooting new Mac, learning new versions of Windows office apps, iWork apps, interconnectivity through Social media with mobile phone, iCloud and Skydrive.

Thursday 2 August Troubleshooting new Mac, learning new versions of Windows office apps, iWork apps, interconnectivity through Social media with mobile phone, iCloud and Skydrive.

Friday 3 August Troubleshooting new Mac OS X.7 Mountain Lion. Sorted home office space.

Weekend: 4&5 August Caribbean Carnival and severe cloudbursts.

Monday 6 August Continuing to learn about new Mac and especially the use of coordinating calendars between iCal, Google and Windows Live. Sorted home office space. Implementation of new strategy for remaining focussed.

Tuesday 7 August Reviewed previous notes from ‘Lines’ by Ingold. Reconsidered the concept of display and museum practice in terms of reconstitution of tradition and shared narrative. Updated my training record (which I need to send to the University graduate office soon).

Wednesday 8 August Reviewed previous notes from ‘Lines’ by Ingold. Reconsidered the concept of reconstitution in terms of ‘lines’ –as differing interpretations of space in the way that Ingold discusses the variable approaches to impressing ideas (in writing) onto blank page; Ingold suggest that some of the basic intentionality in the expression of words upon a page may include seeing the blank page as a landscape for a journey, colonization, surface of a body, or mirror of a mind.

Thursday 9 August Downloaded Kindle for laptop and purchased Kindle version of ‘Lines’ by Ingold. Catching up on journals and training reports. Successfully registered for RAI research accounts. Today I started the ‘reintegration’ process of my thesis in earnest.

Friday 10 August Posted blog updates to Orovoco. Transferred notes from notebook to highlights and notes in Kindle for Mac edition of Ingold’s ‘Lines’. Implementation of new, more structured approach to work pattern this past week, seems to have been very helpful to productivity. Reviewed notes on David Akin’s article (recommended reading by Ben): ‘Ancestral vigilance and the corrective conscience’ (along with Babadzan response and Akin’s response to that response).

Weekend: 11 & 12 August Birthday BBQ and housewarming at the Grace family’s new home.