January 14, 2009

nothing much happened during these two days….lots of group work in class
we had two very interesting lectures, one on the studies of masculinities and one on power and empowerment.
The guest lecturer on masculinities was really fun (he started out reading from a script, but the discussion part was great). His field studies/research in Ecuador really put things into perspective. I didn’t realize how important it is that masculinities is included in gender research. The shift from Women in Development (WiD) to Gender and Development (GAD) makes so much sense now.

I did my laundry for the first time :P sooo proud of myself :P
there is a way to cheat the washing machines so you don’t have to pay…but I think A is right…if everyone does that..the whole system would fall. It wouldn’t be good for anyone.