Comprehensive Exams: BDS 7-19-13

Pre-writing: Making connections between lists of texts by looking at others' lists and finding the overlaps in my list and then seeing which of my works could support/augment/supplement/etc those works to bring a transnational reading to RhetComp:

I noticed the lists online are mostly from European universities. I wonder what this says about the state of academics in America?

Comfort Check: Accidentally did the Macarena (while stretching my arms and back).

Finding many connections between food and transnationalism, but that's not exactly what I'm after. I wonder why more scholars are not interested in the way these two streams run together?

Next session I shall be more conscious of connecting the works I see on the web with my own and interjecting my own opinions/thoughts/ideas/ reactions therein.

Application for Funding for Food Studies Conference: BDS (in-class) 7-10-13

Brief report on today's In-Class BDS:

I had an agenda for finishing the work that I started last time during our in-class BDS. I didn't have much left to do, but I had also stopped in the middle of a sentence from last time, so it was easy to pick up this time. 

At the beginning I tried to be very mindful of my body and how I was sitting in my desk. However, when Donna stopped us for a comfort check, I realized that I had sacrificed a lot of the comfort I started out with because I lost track of my mindfulness. When we stopped for our comfort check, here's what I noticed:

• My jaw was clenched and I was holding my tongue low in my mouth
• I had pulled my legs back behind me under my desk placing additional stress on my knees, ankles, and feet.
• My back was slightly hunched but in a comfortable position
• My eyes were good
• My wrists, hands, and fingers felt good (it was only a brief BDS (monotonous much))

When we began the last part of the BDS, I did my best to acknowledge and reposition the problem areas of my body. I was mindful to the end of the session, then, of the discomfort that had arisen and I was able to mitigate those problems. 

Best of all, I sent off my application!