Musings of a Media Culture graduate http://www.fdcw.org/0506/carolien/ en Copyright 2007 Sat, 02 Oct 2100 09:30:43 +0100 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.32 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Welcome To My Weblog Dear reader,

Welcome to my academic diary for the master 'Media Culture'. Here, I will pose the ideas, information, and questions obtained during my studies at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands.

I hope you will enjoy reading my weblog as much as I am enjoying writing it!

Carolien van Mulken
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They can be accessed below:

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After one year of hard work, I will receive my Master's degree on the 31st of August. It has been a wonderful and interesting year in which I gained a lot of new insights and ideas. The field of media research offers me a broad perspective for my future which I intend to explore even more.

In order to gain more knowledge of the field of new media I decided to take part in the MSc in Media and Communication Research at Leicester University, Great Britain, in the next academic year.

Thank you for following up on my academic weblog and probably you will hear more from me in the future.....!

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Here is an overview of the results I obtained during the Master:

1) Real Virtualities: 8,5
2) Te Body: An Interface: 8
3) Playing Stories, Telling Games: 8
4) Sound Technologies and Cultural Practice: 8,5
5) New Public Spaces: 7,5
6) Introduction Interdisciplinary Research: No grade, but completed sufficiently
Thesis: 8

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Finally, after four months of research and writing, here is my final version of the master thesis:

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Today I handed in the latest draft version of my Master Thesis. The last weeks I mainly spend on research and writing of chapter four.

Below you can read the result:
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Yesterday, I handed in the draft version of chapters one, two, and three.

Below you can read my writings:

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Today I had to hand in my first attempt of writing the first draft version of my Master Thesis.

Below you can read the result:
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I have written a reading report on this chapter, below you can read the results:
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Below you can read the result:
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Below you can download the result:

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Carnal Thoughts _ Sobchack


Below you can read the result:
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Now I can start the actual research.....!

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Below you can read the final draft version:
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Below you can read the result:

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