Time goes past really quickly.
I guess searching for articles for 12 hours per day is a bit too much. Besides, if I do not start writing I may never finish it. Therefore I just changed my strategy, write an outline first, then look for the relevant materials, one section per day.
Even so, all this work combined with reading assignments of other training programs is intimidating. I find it hard to keep critical on the materials I am reading after a long day of such activity. Fortunately, I am still progressing. I have already had a grip on Tibet's holocene climate. The next thing is the climate at present. Considering the diversity of climate types in Tibet, there is also considerable work load. But this will make a important base for my review and thesis.
I do not know how much time I have on this part, but I think I must be patient in next few weeks.
2006年10月29日星期日
2006年10月27日星期五
夜归
六点一刻，响动很大地收拾东西，往已经很满的书包里再塞进两本图书馆借来的书。35升的包也不够用了，还剩一本大部头只有抱在手上。穿过黯淡的咖啡厅，穿过黯淡的走廊，穿过黯淡的校园，路旁换了新的路灯，不会忽暗忽亮，也没有飞蛾扑火，但总是无端地让人想起维多利亚时代那些总是在不合时宜的场合熄灭的煤气灯。小路上偶有几个行人，都看不清面貌，年龄，乃至衣着，一个个都以很欧洲的方式，拉高了衣领缩着脖子赶路。走出校门之前超过一个人，他（她？）身上的绒衣提醒了我，让我意识到自己只是在夏装外套了一件风衣，于是竟一下子觉得萧瑟起来。
过街时没有车辆，不用按钮。公路消失在不远处的黑暗中，如同森林中的树木融化在它自己的影子里。这让我想起手上的书，想起作者一个著名的比喻：``[I]n the midst of the asphalt streets of the city I felt exposed to the powers of nature...signboards and street names, passers-by, roofs, kiosks, and bars must speak to the wanderer like a twig snapping under his feet in the forest....''刚刚入夜的城市和森林确实有着类似的特性：让旅行者感到孤独，不安，同时也有些兴奋。我头一次看到有人这样描写城市，描写他的（也是我的）迷失和对迷失的特殊喜爱，有相见恨晚的感觉。
我手里的大部头是他的 Passagen-Werk ，英译本 the Arcade Project 。这是他最后一部作品，没有完成。他把手稿放在手提箱里，随身带到法国和西班牙边境，想要逃到美国，但他的犹太人身份和一张让人过目不忘的脸孔让他最终没有跑成。这样的命运即使在那样一个动荡的年代，也显得过于诡谲和悲惨。或者，即使他逃到了美国，也还是会继续迷失下去。文盲说“牛人们的心灵都是孤独漂泊的~~~~~~大概因为找不到牛棚”，不无道理。
走过大小店铺都纷纷关门的街道，想象着北京进城卖菜的小夫妻们也在这般萧瑟的寒风中缩头缩脑地往家赶去，觉得城市其实在哪里都是一片森林，有几个我们熟悉的角落，几条安全的路径，我们便在上面日复一日地奔波着。有意迷失其中，常常可以有些发现和体验，其实对于越来越大规模复制的生活来说很有好处。不过即使是牛人，也最好可以有一个可以回去的棚子，供他们诗意地或者鸡毛蒜皮地栖居。
过街时没有车辆，不用按钮。公路消失在不远处的黑暗中，如同森林中的树木融化在它自己的影子里。这让我想起手上的书，想起作者一个著名的比喻：``[I]n the midst of the asphalt streets of the city I felt exposed to the powers of nature...signboards and street names, passers-by, roofs, kiosks, and bars must speak to the wanderer like a twig snapping under his feet in the forest....''刚刚入夜的城市和森林确实有着类似的特性：让旅行者感到孤独，不安，同时也有些兴奋。我头一次看到有人这样描写城市，描写他的（也是我的）迷失和对迷失的特殊喜爱，有相见恨晚的感觉。
我手里的大部头是他的 Passagen-Werk ，英译本 the Arcade Project 。这是他最后一部作品，没有完成。他把手稿放在手提箱里，随身带到法国和西班牙边境，想要逃到美国，但他的犹太人身份和一张让人过目不忘的脸孔让他最终没有跑成。这样的命运即使在那样一个动荡的年代，也显得过于诡谲和悲惨。或者，即使他逃到了美国，也还是会继续迷失下去。文盲说“牛人们的心灵都是孤独漂泊的~~~~~~大概因为找不到牛棚”，不无道理。
走过大小店铺都纷纷关门的街道，想象着北京进城卖菜的小夫妻们也在这般萧瑟的寒风中缩头缩脑地往家赶去，觉得城市其实在哪里都是一片森林，有几个我们熟悉的角落，几条安全的路径，我们便在上面日复一日地奔波着。有意迷失其中，常常可以有些发现和体验，其实对于越来越大规模复制的生活来说很有好处。不过即使是牛人，也最好可以有一个可以回去的棚子，供他们诗意地或者鸡毛蒜皮地栖居。
舌战
早上打了两个电话，一个10分钟，一个1小时。打完第一个电话郁闷得想撞墙，而且真的撞了一下。于是打了第二个，跟老妈说了很多话，好像只有当年登山之前说服她放行才说过这么多。结果没有解决什么问题，但是许多想说的话都说出来了，还是挺痛快的。按照父母的期望和意愿生活了很多年，现在终于可以名义上自己选择在哪里做什么样的工作了。不过，也说不定是已经被培养定型了所以就不用管了？
打完电话后差点想直接回宿舍呆着了，反正办公室电脑坏了……不过还是在办公室里呆到下班时间。一遍一遍地听自己从 CD 上扒下来的古典音乐 highlights，突然发觉拉赫马尼诺夫的第二钢琴协奏曲很好听，以前陶醉于第三的繁复华丽，对第二没有什么感情，现在倒觉得第二很亲切。听1812序曲也听 high 了。
打完电话后差点想直接回宿舍呆着了，反正办公室电脑坏了……不过还是在办公室里呆到下班时间。一遍一遍地听自己从 CD 上扒下来的古典音乐 highlights，突然发觉拉赫马尼诺夫的第二钢琴协奏曲很好听，以前陶醉于第三的繁复华丽，对第二没有什么感情，现在倒觉得第二很亲切。听1812序曲也听 high 了。
2006年10月25日星期三
2006年10月24日星期二
Globalisation and Environment
This is a lecture given by Andrew Dobson from Keele University. The argument of Andrew's is that environment, which is generally looked on as a casualty of globalisation, can be used as a weapon of (more equal) globalisation. Today's globalisation, led by G-7 countries, are asymmetrical globalisation. Instead of ``diffusion'' of people, technology and finance, it is ``transfusion'', i.e. things are flowing in only one direction. Environmental issues and arguments, he claims, helps globalisation in another way round, and can help achieve a more equal globalisation. The argument is quite convincing. However, my opinion is that environment can also serve today's globalisation in favour of a few countries' local interests. Consider Green Trade Barriers and Pollution outsourcing, these activities are responses to national environmental problems in a globalisation context. Is it necessary then, to stop such shameful practices and accept environment degradation, or sit back and watch environment degradation in other countries? Thus, to make environment a weapon to facilitate more globalisation, a framework of international law and enforcement is a necessary condition. Without this framework, the developed countries may still acknowledge their environment debt to developing countries and lower class but their actions will not be dependable. The subtitle of the seminar is ``Environmental languages in a global grammar''. My question would be how weaker voices in the world express themselves in this grammar. The argument still looks like from a Western perspective.
2006年10月21日星期六
Week 4: in so many ways...
I think I was too used to Google's intelligent search. When I search on jstor.org I forgot to add some wildcards, thus last week I only got a few articles having the exact search terms I used. This week when I add `*' to the search terms, the search engine on JSTOR throws hundreds of results at me. It then become my burden to browse through all these and try to find some useful anecdotes or comments made by the travellers some 70 years ago. However, most articles focused on recent 50 years, which I also paid most attention to in my latest review, therefore I did not obtain much useful information here. But by searching for more information it is possible that I can figure out how historical events and policy changes influence changes took place in later years. On the other hand, my supervisor suggested that I pay some attention to the climatic and environmental factors in Tibet. These aspects may be the underlying reason for current (and past) pastoral system in Tibet, and can help assess whether a change to the system may fail (though the other outcome is very difficult to predict). I have borrowed some books on Tibetan pastoralism in the 20th Century. Hopefully they will also provide me with some clues. I will need to produce more writings next week.
2006年10月20日星期五
水木文学版普鲁斯特问卷
Designed by ugay
1.你认为最理想的快乐是怎样的？
可以让人不再去想
2.你最希望拥有哪种才华？
速读和强记
3.你最害怕的是什么？
不被人信任
4.你目前的心境怎样？
坚强而不坚定
5.还在世的人中你最钦佩的是谁？
梅斯纳尔
6.你认为你最伟大的成就是什么？
从小学体育不及格到3小时2分跑完马拉松
7.你自己的哪个特点让你最觉得痛恨？
太在意别人的态度
8.如果你能选择的话，你希望让什么重现？
没有水坝和污染的河流
9.你最痛恨别人的什么特点？
歧视和偏见
10.你最珍惜的财产是什么？
有 RMS 签名的书
11.你最奢侈的是什么？
一堆来不及看的书
12.你认为程度最浅的痛苦是什么？
上课时突然不能确定是否把宿舍门锁好了
13.你认为哪种美德是被过高的评估的？
没有
14.你最喜欢的职业是什么？
学者
15.你对自己的外表哪一点不满意？
没有
16.你本身最显著的特点是什么？
实际，按计划做事
17.还在世的人中你最轻视的是谁？
金正日
18.你最喜欢男性身上的什么品质？
乐观
19.你使用过的最多的单词或者是词语是什么？
考虑一下……
20.你最喜欢女性身上的什么品质？
细腻
21.你最伤痛的事是什么？
被父母误解
22.你最看重朋友的什么特点？
坦诚
23.你这一生中最爱的人或东西是什么？
信任和理解我的女性
24.你希望以什么样的方式死去？
“倒在打字机前”
25.何时是你生命中最快乐的时刻？
每个周日早晨，如果在9点前起床的话
26.你的座右铭是什么？
Happy hacking
注：普鲁斯特问卷考
http://www.chick.net/proust/question.html
1.你认为最理想的快乐是怎样的？
可以让人不再去想
2.你最希望拥有哪种才华？
速读和强记
3.你最害怕的是什么？
不被人信任
4.你目前的心境怎样？
坚强而不坚定
5.还在世的人中你最钦佩的是谁？
梅斯纳尔
6.你认为你最伟大的成就是什么？
从小学体育不及格到3小时2分跑完马拉松
7.你自己的哪个特点让你最觉得痛恨？
太在意别人的态度
8.如果你能选择的话，你希望让什么重现？
没有水坝和污染的河流
9.你最痛恨别人的什么特点？
歧视和偏见
10.你最珍惜的财产是什么？
有 RMS 签名的书
11.你最奢侈的是什么？
一堆来不及看的书
12.你认为程度最浅的痛苦是什么？
上课时突然不能确定是否把宿舍门锁好了
13.你认为哪种美德是被过高的评估的？
没有
14.你最喜欢的职业是什么？
学者
15.你对自己的外表哪一点不满意？
没有
16.你本身最显著的特点是什么？
实际，按计划做事
17.还在世的人中你最轻视的是谁？
金正日
18.你最喜欢男性身上的什么品质？
乐观
19.你使用过的最多的单词或者是词语是什么？
考虑一下……
20.你最喜欢女性身上的什么品质？
细腻
21.你最伤痛的事是什么？
被父母误解
22.你最看重朋友的什么特点？
坦诚
23.你这一生中最爱的人或东西是什么？
信任和理解我的女性
24.你希望以什么样的方式死去？
“倒在打字机前”
25.何时是你生命中最快乐的时刻？
每个周日早晨，如果在9点前起床的话
26.你的座右铭是什么？
Happy hacking
注：普鲁斯特问卷考
http://www.chick.net/proust/question.html
The mutual forging of culture and convention
J. Murdoch and M. Miele (2004) Culinary networks and cultural connections: a conventions perspective, in A. Amin and N. Thrift (eds) The Cultural Economy Reader, 231--247. In globalisation, a network connecting heterogeneous entities not only connect them in different locations, but also give them certain mobility. Thus, from certain perspective, ``condense'' space and time. Such socio-economic network comprise spatially locatable elements. Together these elements reflect phenomena and ideas in the form of network. As such network coexists with relatively stable cultural formations, on the one hand it standardise cultures, on the other it has to diversify to adapt cultures. In fact, cultural norms and heterogeneous networks mutually forge and consolidate each other. A comparison in food industry is used to illustrate this interaction between cultural norms and networks. It is shown that in food commodity chain, not only consumer conventions and producer conventions, but also ``intermediate'' actors' conventions, form the network and thus culture. McDonald's and Italy's Slow Food Movement respectively illustrated two modes of networks. McDonald's is the product of modern industrial life, thus the food production and consumption become industrialised in the network of M's and its customers; many things of M's are standardised globally, but it also has to make changes according to the local culture and people's perception of the brand. Slow Food Movement goes further to address heterogeneity, as it do not bring Italy food to Brazil, but help local food become recognised by people home and abroad and prosper locally. This two constitute an interesting pair. While M's convention is transformed according to local culture, Slow Food is trying to bring back the enjoyment of local food to the culture. They are like two complimentary phases in the network-culture interactions. The M's emphasise economic food, while the other stresses on cultural and environmental food. Both increase heterogeneity in the global network.
2006年10月18日星期三
指环王 PhD 版
在办公室干活10小时（好吧，包括发呆和开小差的时间）后，收拾东西要出门时看到墙上有人贴了这份``Lord of the Rings: An allegory of the PhD?''，读完后大笑三声。原来我们和 hobbits 是这么相像啊。以后谁要读 PhD 我一定送套 LotR 小说给他（她）。
本想翻译全文，无奈没有时间，不然明天咖啡的开销要翻倍了，就偷懒只贴英文全文：
The story starts with Frodo: a young hobbit, quite bright, a bit dissatisfied with what he's learnt so far and with his mates back home who just seem to want to get jobs and settle down and drink beer. He's also very much in awe of his tutor and mentor, the very senior professor Gandalf, so when Gandalf suggests he take on a short project for him (carrying the Ring to Rivendell), he agrees.
Frodo very quickly encounters the shadowy forces of fear and despair which will haunt the rest of his journey and leave permanent scars on his psyche, but he also makes some useful friends. In particular, he spends an evening down the pub with Aragorn, who has been wandering the world for many years as Gandalf's postdoc and becomes his adviser when Gandalf isn't around.
After Frodo has completed his first project, Gandalf (along with head of department Elrond) proposes that the work should be extended. He assembles a large research group, including visiting students Gimli and Legolas, the foreign postdoc Boromir, and several of Frodo's own friends from his undergraduate days. Frodo agrees to tackle this larger project, though he has mixed feelings about it. ("'I will take the Ring', he said, 'although I do not know the way.'")
Very rapidly, things go wrong. First, Gandalf disappears and has no more interaction with Frodo until everything is over. (Frodo assumes his supervisor is dead: in fact, he's simply found a more interesting topic and is working on that instead.) At his first international conference in Lorien, Frodo is cross-questioned terrifyingly by Galadriel, and betrayed by Boromir, who is anxious to get the credit for the work himself. Frodo cuts himself off from the rest of his team: from now on, he will only discuss his work with Sam, an old friend who doesn't really understand what it's all about, but in any case is prepared to give Frodo credit for being rather cleverer than he is. Then he sets out towards Mordor.
The last and darkest period of Frodo's journey clearly represents the writing-up stage, as he struggles towards Mount Doom (submission), finding his burden growing heavier and heavier yet more and more a part of himself; more and more terrified of failure; plagued by the figure of Gollum, the student who carried the Ring before him but never wrote up and still hangs around as a burnt-out, jealous shadow; talking less and less even to Sam. When he submits the Ring to the fire, it is in desperate confusion rather than with confidence, and for a while the world seems empty.
Eventually it is over: the Ring is gone, everyone congratulates him, and for a few days he can convince himself that his troubles are over. But there is one more obstacle to overcome: months later, back in the Shire, he must confront the external examiner Saruman, an old enemy of Gandalf, who seeks to humiliate and destroy his rival's protege. With the help of his friends and colleagues, Frodo passes through this ordeal, but discovers at the end that victory has no value left for him. While his friends return to settling down and finding jobs and starting families, Frodo remains in limbo; finally, along with Gandalf, Elrond and many others, he joins the brain drain across the Western ocean to the new land beyond.
[And they lived happily ever after?]
这篇 blog 链接的网页似乎是原作者的，上面写了他这篇奇文的来由。有兴趣的可以顺路去看看。
本想翻译全文，无奈没有时间，不然明天咖啡的开销要翻倍了，就偷懒只贴英文全文：
Lord of the Rings: an allegory of the PhD?
The story starts with Frodo: a young hobbit, quite bright, a bit dissatisfied with what he's learnt so far and with his mates back home who just seem to want to get jobs and settle down and drink beer. He's also very much in awe of his tutor and mentor, the very senior professor Gandalf, so when Gandalf suggests he take on a short project for him (carrying the Ring to Rivendell), he agrees.
Frodo very quickly encounters the shadowy forces of fear and despair which will haunt the rest of his journey and leave permanent scars on his psyche, but he also makes some useful friends. In particular, he spends an evening down the pub with Aragorn, who has been wandering the world for many years as Gandalf's postdoc and becomes his adviser when Gandalf isn't around.
After Frodo has completed his first project, Gandalf (along with head of department Elrond) proposes that the work should be extended. He assembles a large research group, including visiting students Gimli and Legolas, the foreign postdoc Boromir, and several of Frodo's own friends from his undergraduate days. Frodo agrees to tackle this larger project, though he has mixed feelings about it. ("'I will take the Ring', he said, 'although I do not know the way.'")
Very rapidly, things go wrong. First, Gandalf disappears and has no more interaction with Frodo until everything is over. (Frodo assumes his supervisor is dead: in fact, he's simply found a more interesting topic and is working on that instead.) At his first international conference in Lorien, Frodo is cross-questioned terrifyingly by Galadriel, and betrayed by Boromir, who is anxious to get the credit for the work himself. Frodo cuts himself off from the rest of his team: from now on, he will only discuss his work with Sam, an old friend who doesn't really understand what it's all about, but in any case is prepared to give Frodo credit for being rather cleverer than he is. Then he sets out towards Mordor.
The last and darkest period of Frodo's journey clearly represents the writing-up stage, as he struggles towards Mount Doom (submission), finding his burden growing heavier and heavier yet more and more a part of himself; more and more terrified of failure; plagued by the figure of Gollum, the student who carried the Ring before him but never wrote up and still hangs around as a burnt-out, jealous shadow; talking less and less even to Sam. When he submits the Ring to the fire, it is in desperate confusion rather than with confidence, and for a while the world seems empty.
Eventually it is over: the Ring is gone, everyone congratulates him, and for a few days he can convince himself that his troubles are over. But there is one more obstacle to overcome: months later, back in the Shire, he must confront the external examiner Saruman, an old enemy of Gandalf, who seeks to humiliate and destroy his rival's protege. With the help of his friends and colleagues, Frodo passes through this ordeal, but discovers at the end that victory has no value left for him. While his friends return to settling down and finding jobs and starting families, Frodo remains in limbo; finally, along with Gandalf, Elrond and many others, he joins the brain drain across the Western ocean to the new land beyond.
[And they lived happily ever after?]
这篇 blog 链接的网页似乎是原作者的，上面写了他这篇奇文的来由。有兴趣的可以顺路去看看。
2006年10月16日星期一
Let's talk about history
Today I just started more extensive reading on Tibetan pastoralism. The direction I am looking at is pastoral system's evolution in Tibet since its earliest establishment to present day. On JSTOR along I can find several hundred articles on Tibet's pastoral history, which are often interwoven with politics, superstructures and environmental and ethnography causes. Materials I read today are mostly focusing on 20th Century. This gives people an impression that most changes to Tibetan pastoralism have taken place in the 20th Century. This may not be far from the truth. But I still wonder what happened in the 1,000 years before this century. From common sense, there should be something changed during the period. The western researchers tend to illustrate Tibet traditional pastoral system as a desirable system which achieved equilibrium and (to some extent) sustainability in a harsh environment. However, is it necessarily good for all people? In the traditional system there are people mistreated and discriminated, who led misrable life in that system. Do we need to sacrifice them in order to restore the traditional system and achieve sustainability without equity?
2006年10月15日星期日
2006的生日
居然是个星期五，不记得以前有没有哪次生日是这样。前一天和文盲聊天的时候谁都没有提起生日的事，早上上水木居然看到她发的帖子，虽然只是寥寥数字，但她是在赶车去上班前发的文，实在是有些感动：）。回复的多是认识我的朋友，也有大概没有见过面的。因为很多人还记得自己，觉得很满足。最神奇的是本科时住一屋后来没怎么联系的同学也发信来说了一声“生日快乐”。
下午去见导师，我写的一份6页的 review 让她们大加赞赏，很有些得意，希望以后也可以一直保持这样的状态。
晚上小p居然从谢菲尔德坐车过来敲报告，本来想在市中心报告他一顿意大利菜或者印度菜，至少要对得起他的车票钱，但是这家伙只到超市买了若干垃圾食品就算解决问题了……吃完饭比较晚了，还是继续玩了一会儿，发现两人玩游戏果然比一个人有意思很多。次日逛校园和小镇上的旧书店，我收了一本西藏导游书和一本 Philip P. Dick 的小说集，后者相当经典，可惜国内出版的 PKD 的作品似乎不多。
总的说来，这个生日相当开心。谢谢文盲，谢谢小p，以及很久没有见面的朋友们。
下午去见导师，我写的一份6页的 review 让她们大加赞赏，很有些得意，希望以后也可以一直保持这样的状态。
晚上小p居然从谢菲尔德坐车过来敲报告，本来想在市中心报告他一顿意大利菜或者印度菜，至少要对得起他的车票钱，但是这家伙只到超市买了若干垃圾食品就算解决问题了……吃完饭比较晚了，还是继续玩了一会儿，发现两人玩游戏果然比一个人有意思很多。次日逛校园和小镇上的旧书店，我收了一本西藏导游书和一本 Philip P. Dick 的小说集，后者相当经典，可惜国内出版的 PKD 的作品似乎不多。
总的说来，这个生日相当开心。谢谢文盲，谢谢小p，以及很久没有见面的朋友们。
2006年10月14日星期六
Week 3: Extend the research
I have read some articles on 20th Century's Tibetan pastoralism. From these materials I can write a note on the system, including climate factors, policy, changes and problems. The time span covered so far is from 1950s to present day, with very little description of past pastoralism before 20th Century. My supervisors suggest that I look for diaries and notes written by explorers in late 19th and early 20th Century, because perhaps I can find some descriptions and have a more thorough understanding of the evolution of Tibetan pastoralism through the Century. On the other hand, pastoralism in a wider geographical area, including Nepal and Central Asia, may provide another perspective on Tibetan pastoralism. But this would need more extensive search and reading. I have some knowledge gaps including ethnography and politics, which I will need to see to later, but more literature review may also help filling these gaps.
2006年10月13日星期五
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Research Needs
The difficulty of ecological study lies in these facts: you need to quantify things that are difficult to quantify, measure large scale variations from small scale measurements, try to understand the whole complex system from interactions of two factors, which is the only process we can observe and understand so far. Another trend in ecology research is tying it to sociological aspects of the system. Less and less people think that we should consider society and ecosystem as two distinctive systems, instead, integrated approaches are taken by more and more people. Interdisciplinary research thus is earning a more important status these days. Some fundamental questions need to be answered, though not necessarily before practical strategies can be developed. Such theories including "linking ecological diversity to ecosystem dynamics and, in turn, to ecosystem services underlying human well-being", which is of paramount importance and requires maybe generations of study.
2006年10月12日星期四
搬回 blogger
我想，我的生活没有什么必要再藏着掖着了。放在 Blogger 上让大家都能看到，其实是挺好的一件事。而且 blogger 的页面安排肯定比其他的 BSP 要灵活一些，什么 html，javascript 都可以往上放，这样挺痛快。
以前的 blog 基本都集中在 ＷＯＲＤＰＲＥＳＳ上了，用户名也是ＣＥＬＡＤＥＶＲＡ，有兴趣又知道技术细节的可以自行去找。我就不贴网址影响访问了。
以前的 blog 基本都集中在 ＷＯＲＤＰＲＥＳＳ上了，用户名也是ＣＥＬＡＤＥＶＲＡ，有兴趣又知道技术细节的可以自行去找。我就不贴网址影响访问了。
2006年10月11日星期三
2006年10月7日星期六
Week 2: Disturbing Discovery
On Tuesday I had a talk with my supervisors. They decided that I should write a short review on pastoralism first. From 2004 on I had a prejudice on traditional pastoralism in Tibet. After one week of reading, I find this may not be the truth. The herders have been there for over one thousand years, striving to survive, learning to adapt to the environment. It is just irresponsible to claim that their traditional system is inferior to the so-called "modern" pastoralism, which simply cannot survive on the plateau. However, I think there is some problem on today's plateau. Whether it is from the institutions, the environment, or the people, it is my task to identify it. It is just a bit thrilling to find that what we did in 2004 is from a very narrow, ideological and stereotyped perspective. Next week I will read on to construct a picture of pastoralism in Tibet. More evidences are needed for my review.
2006年10月1日星期日
Protected: Starting a PhD: checklists
Checklist
- If you have not yet secured funding, have you checked with the Student Support Network (SNN) in your institution as they may have details of funding opportunities? Have you also checked www.grad.ac.uk/funding for advice on funding sources?
- yes, but I would like to seek more.
- Have you got a realistic project? Are you clear about the scope of the project?
- A research on the comparison of two grazing production schemes: rotating grazing and roam grazing. Compare their resilience and sustainability. Involves an inquiry of local ecology and economic in grassland system, as well as social/natural environment and legislation. Using a county as the research area.
- Have you got an outline plan? Don't be too rigid, allow scope for your ideas to develop
- Yes.
- Have you read other theses to establish the standards for a doctorate in your discipline?
- Not yet.
- Are you aware of the format required for a thesis in your university - style, presentation, referencing, binding?
- Yes.
- Are you clear about your role and responsibilities as a researcher?
- Yes.
- Do you know the support systems available to you?
- Yes.
做了个怪梦
难得在醒来后还记得比较清楚。
话说一开始我在一间类似牢房的房间中，一面墙大概是铁栏杆，可以隐约看到外面的守卫。似乎没有任何人提示，我就知道应该从下水道钻出去，而且觉得自己至少是“二进宫”了-_-。往地下一看，真的有条水沟，上面盖着红色的书，封皮上套着塑料薄膜，下面的水沟还有盖子盖着，但有一本书没有套薄膜的，下面的水沟盖子果然就是开的。我试图钻进去，但是到一半卡住了-_-。这时出现了另一个人，我以为是守卫，但他示意我趴到水沟里，然后帮我爬出去。
出去后好像是爬进了地铁里，我在一个角落蜷着坐下来，这时开始有警察上来查证件，就像 the Matrix 开始时那种穿黑制服的警察。我没有，于是就装成疯了的乞丐……这时又有人把警察的注意力引开，我看到斜对面（右边）有个桶，我身边有个人示意我站到桶里去，说他能把我弄出去。我站到桶里，发现桶里都是水，这时那个警察又过来了，拿个警棍出来，还噼啪作响，像有电的样子，顶端还有个蓝灯，不知道看着那个灯亮会不会跟 MIB 里一样就失忆了？不容我多想，眼看警棍要凑上来了，我突然眼前一黑就被传送到了别处（原理见 Constantine，效果见 Half-life）。
一睁眼看到一个老头，还有好多遭遇可能跟我类似的人，在一个大房间里，房子其实有点像高架桥下那种感觉，也有点像某种纯粹为了实用目的而修建的地下空间。里面每个人好像都在做些不重要的事，自得其乐的样子。突然出现了好多警察，大家各自找地方躲避。我躲在一束管道旁边，突然一个长得很象 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 里那个 Elsa 的女警察发现了我，我只好原路退回，发现那个大房间里也出现了警察，大家都在跑。警察一边追一边开枪。然后一开始看到的那个老头中枪倒地。我左手拉个小女孩继续跑，但是不能跑快，那个警察便追上我们，在我头旁边开了一枪，我身后的墙上砖石飞溅，于是我停下来举手投降，那警察穿得比较讲究，神色还很得意（我这梦也太具体了吧……）。
当场宣判，我们的刑罚是……流放？然后就立即执行了……？然后走到了某类似宗教场所的地方，建筑物基本是白色，门前的坡修得不是很整齐，但不知谁说这坡上有代表诸如幸福啊、财富啊等等的标记，踩到了以后就能得到，但是在坡上走了几步，就要进庙里磕几个头还愿。我还是拉着那小女孩，走到庙里，据说该踩的都踩到了，然后……好像天就快亮了。
难道最近是 the Matrix 和 V for Vendetta 看太多了，才会做这种梦？好像还有点 Amtrak War 和 Fallout 的味道。而且从头到尾感觉就好像自己在演电影一样……
话说一开始我在一间类似牢房的房间中，一面墙大概是铁栏杆，可以隐约看到外面的守卫。似乎没有任何人提示，我就知道应该从下水道钻出去，而且觉得自己至少是“二进宫”了-_-。往地下一看，真的有条水沟，上面盖着红色的书，封皮上套着塑料薄膜，下面的水沟还有盖子盖着，但有一本书没有套薄膜的，下面的水沟盖子果然就是开的。我试图钻进去，但是到一半卡住了-_-。这时出现了另一个人，我以为是守卫，但他示意我趴到水沟里，然后帮我爬出去。
出去后好像是爬进了地铁里，我在一个角落蜷着坐下来，这时开始有警察上来查证件，就像 the Matrix 开始时那种穿黑制服的警察。我没有，于是就装成疯了的乞丐……这时又有人把警察的注意力引开，我看到斜对面（右边）有个桶，我身边有个人示意我站到桶里去，说他能把我弄出去。我站到桶里，发现桶里都是水，这时那个警察又过来了，拿个警棍出来，还噼啪作响，像有电的样子，顶端还有个蓝灯，不知道看着那个灯亮会不会跟 MIB 里一样就失忆了？不容我多想，眼看警棍要凑上来了，我突然眼前一黑就被传送到了别处（原理见 Constantine，效果见 Half-life）。
一睁眼看到一个老头，还有好多遭遇可能跟我类似的人，在一个大房间里，房子其实有点像高架桥下那种感觉，也有点像某种纯粹为了实用目的而修建的地下空间。里面每个人好像都在做些不重要的事，自得其乐的样子。突然出现了好多警察，大家各自找地方躲避。我躲在一束管道旁边，突然一个长得很象 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 里那个 Elsa 的女警察发现了我，我只好原路退回，发现那个大房间里也出现了警察，大家都在跑。警察一边追一边开枪。然后一开始看到的那个老头中枪倒地。我左手拉个小女孩继续跑，但是不能跑快，那个警察便追上我们，在我头旁边开了一枪，我身后的墙上砖石飞溅，于是我停下来举手投降，那警察穿得比较讲究，神色还很得意（我这梦也太具体了吧……）。
当场宣判，我们的刑罚是……流放？然后就立即执行了……？然后走到了某类似宗教场所的地方，建筑物基本是白色，门前的坡修得不是很整齐，但不知谁说这坡上有代表诸如幸福啊、财富啊等等的标记，踩到了以后就能得到，但是在坡上走了几步，就要进庙里磕几个头还愿。我还是拉着那小女孩，走到庙里，据说该踩的都踩到了，然后……好像天就快亮了。
难道最近是 the Matrix 和 V for Vendetta 看太多了，才会做这种梦？好像还有点 Amtrak War 和 Fallout 的味道。而且从头到尾感觉就好像自己在演电影一样……
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