This is a meaningful time node for me in the Programme. The actual project progress came along a little later than I expected after struggling with the assessments in the busy April. Although the excitement for the project was partially dulled by the temporal relaxation of completing the coursework, it was really more excited and […]

Here it comes another end of a week. I’m complaining about how time passed quickly again but feeling a bit guilty this time. I confess I didn’t progress my project plan this week, but I did enjoy this week. During the last two weeks, I was trying to make a quick escape from the assessments […]

The two weeks are mainly about making production and plans—I spent this half a month on starting many of assessments and formally launching my final project. Prob because my intensives concentrate in the first half of the semester , I felt a bit busier at this stage than the last semester. Starting three assessments at […]

These two weeks are mainly about the intensive and coding. I spent most of my energy on the two intensive courses in these two weeks—Data and Design for a Post Covid City & Gamifying Historical Narratives, which are the ones that I really looked forward to during the course selection. And I also finished the […]

Hi all! It was exited and a bit nervous to meet you guys in the intensive course. Your thoughts and the discussion made such a great and comfortable atmosphere. It really changed my holiday mindset into a back-to-campus mode. I didn’t feel as stressed as the last E&I intensive (prob also because there was no […]

Hi all! In the past three weeks, I followed Juli’s advice to try to contact people for a pilot interview. It was really difficult to discuss COVID without rapport or trust with people living in mainland China because of the tightened censorship. Fortunately, I found few student friends and a journalist, but I still haven’t […]

It has been a month since I wrote my last blog. During this time, my small brain was occupied with many courseworks and tasks. Honestly, my project plan didn’t have much progress except a barely adequate essay. The essay kindled my interest in the topic, but it did bring me more concerns. So, this blog […]

Reflection on the intensive I did enjoy the 2-day intensive courses in week 2 (though the flu annoyed me to fully participate in the discussion). It was the first time I attended a discussion-oriented course, and it was an interesting and wonderful experience to have a discussion with people both online and onsite. I learned […]

In this week, I tried to explore a possible project idea of surveillance in COVID-19.  Thanks for Theresa’s website and Darcie’s comment, which gave me an inspiration. And the readings about policing and surveillance in Exclusion and Inequality also show me some example of governmental surveillance through biotech. What hidden behind are asymmetric biopolitical relation […]

Greetings! This is Will. Welcome to my week 1 blog, and thanks for your time to view my totally “free” writing.   It was actually a surprise when I heard I should start this weekly blog from week 1 because I haven’t prepared to start thinking about my project, especially in week 1 when I […]