April 13, 2011: Time Log

120 min- preparing for final class presentation

60 min- attending class today (April 13th)

120 min- attending marathon meeting field facilitator training

60 min- working on field facilitator duties, writing emails, etc to get ready for the marathon meeting

60 min- getting IRB wrapped up

120 min- working on project proposal

30 min- writing this weeks journal

45 min- reading through and reviewing Overlooking Tibet, a blog

45 min- reading through and reviewing electronic sources on Everyday Exile, an NGO looking to spread stories through words and photographs to raise Tibetan awareness.

Total: 660 minutes

April 6, 2011: Time Log

45 min- preparing for class presentation portion of our final grade

45 min- reading and reviewing electronic source, a blog on the Tibetan Plateau

60 min- reading through and reviewing blog, "My Thoughts and Feelings in Dharamsala."  Looking at other sources to link to.

60 min- writing this weeks learning journal on culture shock

30 min- reviewing the article on culture shock that the journal is based on

120 min- drafting and revising IRB and final project proposal

30 min- meeting with honors coordinator to figure out how to turn this project into my final honors thesis

Total: 390 minutes

March 30, 2011: Time Log

90 min- Reviewing and writing up reviews on this weeks sources, Daily Advice from the Heart and The Tibetan Book of the Dead.

30 min- Writing this weeks journal

120- Attending a PowerPoint presentation from a guy who just got back from India last week with Hailey

60 min- Meeting with Professor Bennion and getting my last coarse contract, ENGL 317R Creative Nonfiction.

60 min- Attending a safety and security meeting for facilitators

60 min- Eating at the India Palace and talking with some people who went on the Dharamsala field study last year

90 min- Revising my IRB draft

10 min- Setting up a class visit

Total-520 minutes

March 16, 2011 PLUS March 23, 2011: Time Log

400 min- Preparing and presenting at the Inquiry Conference

360 min- Attending the Inquiry Conference

90 min- Finding this week's bibliography sources.  The photojournalist blog and The Art of the Personal Essay.

60 min- Writing this week's journal and time log

90 min- Doing mini project interview and write up

60 min- Setting up Digital Civilization course contract with Dr. Burton

60 min- Setting up Directed Readings course contract with Dr. Eastly

60 min- Finding information and emailing housing coordinators in Dharamsala

Total- 1010 minutes!

March 16, 2011: Time Log

See log for March 23, 2011.  I combined the two.

March 9, 2011: Time Log

240 min- writing up second IRB draft

60 min- finding and writing up reviews on two new sources for bibliography, Hamlet and Tibetan Folk Tales

45 min- writing weekly learning journal and this time log post

60 min- attending field facilitator training on March 7, 2011

60 min- emailing faculty and looking up potential course contracts (meeting with Professor Burton tomorrow.. wait... it is 3 AM... I mean in 12 hours)

More things that I do not remember in this state of mind....

Total: 465 minutes

March 3, 2011: Time Log

50 min- attending the facilitator class on February 23rd

50 min- attending my first field facilitator training on February 25th

120 min- gathering and reading through weekly sources (The Art of Happiness and Selections of Tales)

45 min- writing up weekly journal and this time log

60 min- figuring out travel plans

Total:  325 min

February 23, 2011: Time Log

120 min- Watching the movie 7 Years in Tibet

210 min- Looking for sources, skimming through the Autobiography of the Dalai Lama and Echoes from Dharamsala

80 min- Doing Methods 2 practice and write up

60 min- Writing up this time log and the journal entry for the day

60 min- Going to the travel office, trying to coordinate with Hailey if we will be going into Dharamsala together

Total- 550 minutes

February 16, 2011: Time Log

90 min- Reading and writing up review of Method Meets Art

60 min- Practicing descriptive questions

50 min- Attending class for  February 9, 2011

30 min- Writing up this weeks learning journal

30 min- Brain storming 20 social situation triangles 

60 min- Looking up other sources for my bibliography assignment

120 min- Drafting the first draft of my project proposal

Total- 380 minutes

February 9, 2011: Time Log

120 min- Reading interview articles for class

180 min- researching articles for this weeks lit review

45 min- informal interview with A

120 min- watching and discussing documentary 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

60 min- writing journal entry and the reviews of my literature search

30 min- looking up details about the Karmapa being accused of being a Chinese spy

Total:  550 minutes

February 2, 2011: Time Log

60 min- Doing advances searches on Dharamsala and Population through the BYU Library website

60 min- Writing up reviews on the sources I found

20 min- Writing journal

60 min- Reading Darśan

45 min- Informal interview with Melissa

50 min- Attending class on January 26, 2011

30 min- Trying to sort out travel plans

Total: 315 min

January 26, 2011: Time Log

60 min- exploring the new field study database with student papers

30 min- browsing through the Tibetan book of the dead and seeing what could interest me in the future

30 min- brain storming what exactly I will be doing day by day in the field.  Wondering if I should like up with another organization like Emily did, or if stories will be easy to find?

60 min- looking through other field study blogs and making comments

 60 min- reading Emily Bell's papers in the database and writing a lit review on them

 30 min- writing learning journal

50 min- in class on Jan 19, 2011

Total: 350 min

January 19, 2011: Time Log

Let's say... since our first field facilitator class meeting...

30 min- Exploring different library sources looking for keywords containing India, Tibet, and Storytelling.  So far oral tradition brings up more options, but there is still a weeding process that I need to do more of to get more sources.

400 min- Starting and finishing the book Nine Lives by William Dalrymple.  It gave me a great introduction to India, to Dharamsala, and the style inspired me to take my project in a bit of a different direction.

120 min- Tibetan language class, going over the alphabet and learning how to create words from there

50 min- Attending field facilitator class January 12th, 2011

50 min- Attending the prep class January 14th, 2011

120 min- Attending yoga and meditation class at the Hare Krishna temple (sorry Ashley, I know how you feel about that, but it was a cool experience all the same!)

30 min- Finding more sources in the library

30 min- Creating this blog

30 min- Writing posts on my project development and on my beginning lit review

50 min- Attending Paul Adam's lecture about improving photography while abroad

Total: 910 minutes!