Category: Work is Sanuk
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Off to the river
There’s something kind of languid about the phrase “the river”. Down by the river. Rollin’ on the river. Off to the river we go. My newest field book is labeled and ready to go. I’m…somewhat packed. I’m semi-organized. Research permit stuff seems to be complete. It’s time for fieldwork! Will be focusing on the Central…
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THE GREAT RESEARCH PERMIT SCAVENGER HUNT SAGA. PART 3.
PROLOGUE PART 1. Bangkok. PART 2. Jakarta. PART 3. SAMARINDA It was a relief to leave Jakarta and fly to Balikpapan, the capital of the province Kalimantan Timur (SE Borneo). From Balikpapan, it’s a 3 hour drive to Samarinda, where my collaborators/friends Danielle and Budi of the NGO Y.K. RASI live, and where I needed to…
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THE GREAT RESEARCH PERMIT SCAVENGER HUNT SAGA. PART 2.
PROLOGUE PART 1. Bangkok. PART 2. JAKARTA Arrived late at night on August 7. Happy to see that the driver I’d hired to take me to the hotel was there with my name on a sign (love that). He was friendly, and his car was clean and new and functional (these things are not guaranteed).…
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THE GREAT RESEARCH PERMIT SCAVENGER HUNT SAGA. PART 1.
PROLOGUE here. PART 1: BANGKOK First, I needed to pick up my Visa 315 from the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok, since it would not be ready before I left the US for fieldwork in Thailand. The emailed instructions seemed easy: “Just go bring these letters and pick up your visa in Bangkok.” I envisioned breezing in, handing…
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THE GREAT RESEARCH PERMIT SCAVENGER HUNT SAGA. PROLOGUE.
“It will take several days, and Jakarta is awful, so I recommend you hire someone to go around to the offices for you, so you can relax in the pool at the hotel. Get a hotel with a pool.” Such was the advice of fellow grad student Geoffrey, over two years ago, as he guided…
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Work is Sanuk
“Work is Sanuk” is where I’ll be posting research-related blog posts, consisting mainly of tales from fieldwork, but also with some background about my current project and related issues (small cetacean bycatch, artisanal fisheries, conservation in developing countries). I’ve decided to move all of my blogs onto this site, with research-related posts archived in , because…well, it’s silly…
Tara Sayuri Whitty 