America Abroad

We've been noticing a few patterns in the posting of fieldnotes and book discussion comments.  The first is that some of the postings are a bit long.  Several recent posts, when transferred into a Word document, were almost 26 pages long.  This presents a problem for potential readers, such as your esteemed faculty and peers.  The idea of the posts is to present something short and thoughtful, a brief *selection* of your fieldnotes that contains some analytic insight.  Of course, we recognize that your families may also be reading these notes, so longer narrative commentaries are within reason.  Basically, do what you like, but if you are seeking comments from faculty and peers, aim for the nutshell.  Second, the Cosmopolitanism discussion has consisted mainly of individual independent postings, like reading response papers.  This is fine, but it would be wonderful to have more dialogue.  If you can, try responding to existing posts during the next round of discussion.  Gracias, Khop Khun, Dank U, etc. . .