Kategorie: Allgemein
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Blended Academics Live Your Career Narrative
“How Nonlinear Careers Are Becoming the New Normal” (2017). The Atlantic. Story behind the Passage Today I received an inquiry from a graduate center at a German university. It contains an introduction explaining why there is a need to provide career guidance for junior researchers, particularly postdocs. And then it ends with the question whether…
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Bureaucratic Bullshit Avoiders Save Lives
Bolzen, di Stefanie, and Antonello Guerrera (6 Feb. 2021). Kate Bingham: Why UK strategy on Covid vaccines has been a great success. La Repubblica/Die Welt. Story behind the Passage Yesterday, I happened to watch a report about the British vaccination success story. I had not followed up on this closely. But as soon as they…
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Between Perfect And Messing Up
perfectionism | Search Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com) Story behind the Passage Yesterday someone mentioned the problem of perfectionism in German culture. He also explained how perfectionism had held him back for a long time. Well, he did not actually say it had “held him back” but rather that it had prevented him from being more…
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Trust
Black, John, Nigar Hashimzade, and Gareth Myles (2017). Oxford Dictionary of Economics, 535. Story behind the Passage Sometimes I think about trust a lot. Obviously, other people do that as well, especially because of the impact of the virus on people’s overall life situation. Yesterday, they ran an entire talk show on the topic. It…
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Book Of The Week The Nothing Book
The Nothing Book: Wanna Make Something of It?: Amazon.de: Crown: Fremdsprachige Bücher Story behind the Book Choice I have to start with a confession: I had two major deadlines today and I simply did not manage to read a new book on the side. So, the good news is that I happily met the deadlines.…
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Making Digital Humanities
Svensson, Patrik (2016). Big Digital Humanities Svensson, Patrik, 172. Story behind the Passage Sometimes it is hard to believe what life does to you. You think, you are lost, but then you realize that everything you have been doing makes complete sense. You have just been using different names for what you have been doing than…
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Job Crafting By Square Thinkers
Job Crafting In Public Sector (cscjournals.org) Story behind the Passage We do live in a funny world. Today I just realized this again in the context of people in the public sector talking about jobs and how to tailor applications. You know, I am very good at reading what people want and how you can…
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Special Everybody S Business New Toilets Old Humanities
On the Differences between Academic Activism and Social Entrepreneurship Poon, Linda (Nov 19, 2014). “Toilets ‘R’ Him: Jack Sim Wants A Potty In Every Pad.” NPR. Story behind the Passage Today, someone made me aware of an upcoming conference in my field. It is going to be held on/around World Toilet Day. It is up to…
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Book Of The Week Sensemaking
Madsbjerg, Christian (2017). Sensemaking: What Makes Human Intelligence Essential in the Age of the Algorithm. Story behind the Book Choice This is going to be a very personal and emotional book reflection. That is actually what the book is all about. Humans are not machines, they think deeply and they feel. Anybody who follows my…
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The Medium Is Everything
McLuhan, Marshall, and Quentin Fiore (1996/1967). The Medium Is the Massage. Story behind the Passage Sometimes I am really slow at comprehending the world. As a reader, you might have noticed this already but as a simple-minded human being that writes, I can only look at the world from my own limited perspective. And even my…