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10. Writing the thesis
Dear reader, Currently I’m in the middle of a new chapter of this whole process: writing the thesis. After a couple weeks of coding all interviews and conversations with the coral reef users, I finally benefit from all this work. By using the software program atlas.ti I can easily find the right quotes that I…
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9. Coding and the Creative Process
Dear Reader, Last 2 weeks has been very important for the process of this thesis. I have put all collected data, which are the transcripts of the recorded interviews and the Researcher Notes of Informal Conversations (RNIC), in the software program Atlas.ti. Before I did this, I had to find out how this program, or…
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8. 2023, insights so far & what’s next?
Dear Reader, Happy new year! I hope everyone of you have had a nice new years-evening and gained some new positive energy for the coming year! Here, in Curaçao, we celebrated it as well under the palmtrees! And for now, this thesis project is already going on and the first interviews are already planned. Just…
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7. First month of Curaçao
Dear Reader, Last 4 weeks I started with the actual research and it is great! I already had many interviews and more informal conversations with divers, local fishers, managers, project leaders, researchers, and restaurant owners about the past and current situation on Curaçao. It turns out to be really chaotic, with a lot of conflicts…
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6. Into the flow?
Dear reader, since I’m on the island for some days now I kind of get used to the life in Willemstad. In my opinion, the city is really chaotic and there is a lot going on 24/7. Cars, music, tourists, locals, sounds I know, sounds I don’t know, rich people, poor people, Italians, Spanish, Dutch,…
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5. Curaçao – day 1
Dear Reader, after 9 hours in the airplane I landed on Hato; the airport of Curaçao. The warmth pushed into my face, after the security check. Now it is time to find the public busses and go to the student house where I stay for the coming 5 months. Only waited for 5 minutes and…
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4. Draft Proposal
Dear reader, today I finished the draft proposal. It has been a small journey to get everything in the right position, but I hope that the result can help me with more structure during the actual research. So I think it is time to go al little more into depth. What am I gonna do?…
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3. Feedback week
Dear reader, last week my supervisor provided me with the first feedback on my proposal. yep…. there we go… Know it feels like that the real ‘thinking’ starts: What do I actually want to study on Curaçao? Before I had a rough idea on what I wanted to do and whose perspectives I wanted to…
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2. Methods
Dear reader, This week was the week of thinking about the methods of my research. Firstly I was a little bit concerned of how I should do all the fieldwork. What is my actual research object and what are the topics of coral reef health I would like to discuss with those who are being…
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1. Proposal
Dear reader, First of all, welcome. This is the first blog I am writing, which I start on recommendation of my supervisor. Besides this, I think it is nice to keep track of all my thoughts I have during this whole adventure that will start soon. Besides this I think it is nice for everyone…
Michiel Bader 