Updates from a new postdoctoral scholar
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If it’s not obvious already, when I listed the different types of academic blogs in my first post in 2021, I wanted to be the last one: “Thoughtfully updated on a regular basis over several years.”
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Updates from a new postdoctoral scholar
Published:
If it’s not obvious already, when I listed the different types of academic blogs in my first post in 2021, I wanted to be the last one: “Thoughtfully updated on a regular basis over several years.”
data
Excel vs. IgPet. An informal geochemistry plotting showdown
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Note from present day Thi (February 2024): This software/data narrative about my dissertation work was written in 2022 just a few months before I completely switched over to using R. Fascinating stuff.
education
Thoughts from reading Bruno Latour
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I was recently encouraged to check out the book Science in Action, by a geoscience educator friend of mine. By happenstance, I stumbled upon a forum where Bruno Latour’s work non-human agency was referenced in relation to anthropomorphizing COVID. I usually don’t expect old philosophers’ writing to be immediately relevant in the year 2022, but in fact, Bruno Latour has been quite active, writing, speaking, and exploring new fields, all while emeritus. And it turns out Latour has picked up an interest in the Earth Sciences. In fact, he’s collaborated with geologists to propose an expansion of work on the Critical Zone. I was surprised to find on his website, several articles and lecture transcripts going back to at least 2016 about this topic.
geochemistry
Excel vs. IgPet. An informal geochemistry plotting showdown
Published:
Note from present day Thi (February 2024): This software/data narrative about my dissertation work was written in 2022 just a few months before I completely switched over to using R. Fascinating stuff.
humanities
Thoughts from reading Bruno Latour
Published:
I was recently encouraged to check out the book Science in Action, by a geoscience educator friend of mine. By happenstance, I stumbled upon a forum where Bruno Latour’s work non-human agency was referenced in relation to anthropomorphizing COVID. I usually don’t expect old philosophers’ writing to be immediately relevant in the year 2022, but in fact, Bruno Latour has been quite active, writing, speaking, and exploring new fields, all while emeritus. And it turns out Latour has picked up an interest in the Earth Sciences. In fact, he’s collaborated with geologists to propose an expansion of work on the Critical Zone. I was surprised to find on his website, several articles and lecture transcripts going back to at least 2016 about this topic.
internet
How science made me believe in Santa Claus
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These days, I bounce ideas often with James Adams, an anthropologist who is also a postdoctoral researcher in the CLIMATE Justice Initiative. He has motivated me to read more of non-Latour authors about the topic of scales and Earth. Real growth since the last time I talked about Latour! Recently, our conversation has turned to information and the Internet. Our conversation reminded me about a secret that I have held for decades, but I am ready to come clean: Science made me believe in Santa Claus. Okay, let me explain.
learning
Excel vs. IgPet. An informal geochemistry plotting showdown
Published:
Note from present day Thi (February 2024): This software/data narrative about my dissertation work was written in 2022 just a few months before I completely switched over to using R. Fascinating stuff.
science education
How science made me believe in Santa Claus
Published:
These days, I bounce ideas often with James Adams, an anthropologist who is also a postdoctoral researcher in the CLIMATE Justice Initiative. He has motivated me to read more of non-Latour authors about the topic of scales and Earth. Real growth since the last time I talked about Latour! Recently, our conversation has turned to information and the Internet. Our conversation reminded me about a secret that I have held for decades, but I am ready to come clean: Science made me believe in Santa Claus. Okay, let me explain.
sociology
Thoughts from reading Bruno Latour
Published:
I was recently encouraged to check out the book Science in Action, by a geoscience educator friend of mine. By happenstance, I stumbled upon a forum where Bruno Latour’s work non-human agency was referenced in relation to anthropomorphizing COVID. I usually don’t expect old philosophers’ writing to be immediately relevant in the year 2022, but in fact, Bruno Latour has been quite active, writing, speaking, and exploring new fields, all while emeritus. And it turns out Latour has picked up an interest in the Earth Sciences. In fact, he’s collaborated with geologists to propose an expansion of work on the Critical Zone. I was surprised to find on his website, several articles and lecture transcripts going back to at least 2016 about this topic.