Hi, I am Mike and I am pursuing anthropology as an interest in my retirement. In September 2011 I started this blog and have been calling it a research blog. The purpose was to engage with professional ballet dancers and ballet companies to get a feel for developing a useful research question and potentially find contacts to make proposals to for research fieldwork before enrolling in a research degree. With the passing of time I have discovered a lot more about ballet dancers but have also come to the realisation that doing a research degree at my age is just not going to happen. As a result, my blog has become largely inactive. One of the problems I have wrestled with is the fact that many people seem to read the blog but very few comment. I have invited guest posters from the field of dance who have authored for me with some small success. I am now in the process of looking at how this blog may look going forward; how to engage with its intended audience; and how to find motivation to write more and relevant posts.
cheers… Mike
Hello! I find it remarkable that even in your retirement, you still want to do things like anthropological research. Maybe a degree is not for you yet, but I think you can still do research in your free time, at your own pace. Did you ever come up with a research question? I’m an anthropologists who tried her hand in ballet, maybe I can help 🙂
Hello Mike,
I wrote a little something on LinkedIn… about concepts regarding training… if you like what I wrote maybe copy it here… thx
Thanks Jonathon. I have mentioned your article in a new post here http://wp.me/p1OYEJ-fw