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Welcome to Fieldwork: June 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Sunday, June 17, 2007. In Ogbomosho I am the rare Oyinbo (pronounced O-EE-BO, a.k.a. Obruni) to step out of the gates of the Baptist seminary and to come on academic and not evangelizing mission; and because Yoruba is a tonal language, the Oyinbo interpellation sounds like a question: Oyinbo? Was on, followed by the. And maybe both can be true. Nigeria is a notorious ...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: May 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Monday, May 21, 2007. As a going-away present, we give you these photos of our last days in Accra and our trip. [click here]. Ghana, as they say, is finished. Benin beckons. Nigeria.well, I'm not sure it beckons, but it's on! We'll be throwing our voices to you from different countries for a bit.aren't the internets amazing? Posted by Jennifer Burney at 10:08 AM. You're i...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: January 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Tuesday, January 30, 2007. And it seems that every time a nice, neat, concrete building stands out among the packs of shacks, it is inevitably a church. Presbyterian. Episcopal. Methodist. Anglican. Baptist. Charismatic (that one's new to me). Catholic. The churches, along with Shell and Western Union, are doing well in Ghana. Later, the bride and groom came into the squa...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: December 2006
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Saturday, December 16, 2006. I was not looking to hear anything new and they were not going to tell me anything they hadn't already. I was simply giving them one last opportunity to impart upon me, as academics who have done more than their fair share of field research, some final words of wisdom. Have I done all the research I can from the ivory tower? Strangely enough, ...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: April 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Sunday, April 22, 2007. The Field in my discipline, those who go there overplay it as a one-year credential builder, and those who don’t mistrust it as a one-year paid vacation. Today, I am in The Field. So here’s where I chip in. Ironically enough, those are also the very reasons why I hate the Field. So yes, the Field, in my experience so far, is a challenging year....
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Welcome to Fieldwork: March 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Tuesday, March 20, 2007. In this post-rain light, I've decided to finally post my birthday thoughts for Ghana. (And appropriately, I got completely doused on my way to the cyber to do so.). Tough to say, and somewhat Escher-esque in that way. Thankfully it's not such a seismically active region.]. You get the idea:. Educated Ghanaians who want to move back. Ohthe food is ...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: August 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Sunday, August 19, 2007. The Africa dummy, by the way, is pretty much always a significant and negative factor when it comes to pleasant things like growth or peace or social harmony. Go figure. TIA (This Is Africa). I have become acquainted with two types of TIAs over the past nine months:. There's the angry, almost hostile TIA that is thrown at me by either (1) young me...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: October 2006
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Wednesday, October 11, 2006. What's a tonal language, anyway? It means that different tones in the oral expression of the language (or different accents in the written expression of the language) convey different meanings. For example:. Bí (high tone) means "to deliver a baby". Bì (low tone) means "to throw up"; and. Bi (mid tone) means "to ask". We're seeking...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: July 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Tuesday, July 24, 2007. It's been too long. We've settled in rather easily to life in Cotonou over the past few weeks; it's downright pleasant. Perhaps you saw Nick Kristof's op-ed in the NYT a few weeks ago saying that buying real estate here would be wise [check it out here. And by the way, NYT, Free Times Select, you elitist jerks! Is a pictoral update of the little Be...
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Welcome to Fieldwork: February 2007
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The fieldwork experience that definitely didn't make it into Ayodele's dissertation and probably won't make it into Titilayo's either. Monday, February 26, 2007. Bonjour, tout le monde! Posted by Jennifer Burney at 9:53 AM. Monday, February 12, 2007. 5) Chocolate and Chocolate Cookies. So ubiquitous. So non-mysterious. So cheap. The bang for the buck, calorically-speaking, is much appreciated. Mmmm So refreshing, so cold. Often easier to find than water. And to top it off, you can feel self-right...Most ...
