ENGL 2P13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Isabella Bird, Complex Analysis, Mary Kingsley
15 Sep 2013
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No longer than ten pages; 3200 words. Stanley and wise (1993) argue that self-reflexivity recognizes that, whether we like it or not, researchers remain human beings complete with all the usual assembly of feelings, failings, and moods. All of those things influence how we feel and understand what is going on. Our consciousness is always the medium through which the research occurs; there is no method or technique of doing research other than through the medium of the researcher. Onset of poor health upon returning home . Class: daughter of a minister versus a daughter born four days after wedding. Education: bird was educated primarily by her mother while kingsley educated herself. Kingsley has a more complex, critical relationship to the empire. Sick all of her life; the sea voyage was recommended and she began to travel for her health. Continued to travel widely, write and publish (australia, japan, etc. ) Father was an explorer and her mother was a servant.
