Month: October 2012

Today I was pretty upset because I tried to put a free PDF onto my Kindle, but it only froze.  So now I can’t access it, can’t use it to read in my free time.  It’s pretty frustrating.  After a while I got over it, I played some cards and talked to some of my…

I interviewed one Maasai person today.  I got similar data, so I think that it will be really easy to quantify my data by the end of it all.  I am content with my project and happy with the direction it is going! Again, this process for getting, doing and transcribing interviews is very slow;…

I interviewed two more people today and I think it went well.  I got similar data as last time, which I am happy about.  I am about to transcribe those two interviews now, which should take some time.  I am more than happy to do it, though!  The whole idea of collecting and analyzing data…

Transcribing interviews takes a long time!  This morning it took me nearly 3 hours to listen through each interview and to copy down word for word what was said.  I am glad I did it because it is helping me analyze much more closely and hone my questions/interview protocol.  The more interviews I do, the…

So today I went out early with two of our translators (Leboy and Samwell) and Garrett and Kaylee to set up some interviews.  I was surprised at how fast of a response I got!  I visited Bomas with Samwell and after some rapid back and forth between him and the first older woman we saw,…

Today has been moving slowly so far.  It is officially day 1, week 1 or our actual research component.  We ‘met’ with the ‘chief chairman’ of Olasiti earlier this morning.  By ‘met’ I mean that he basically talked in rapid Kiswahili with Dr. Kessy, our on hand archaeology expert.  I am disappointed by this because…