Conference Calls from the Road - Revision history

Saskia: /* Writing and Reading in Flux */

2025-07-20T13:16:39Z

Writing and Reading in Flux

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	[[File:Diary snippet becoming.~~png~~\|thumb\|pages from diary ~~about~~ "becoming"]]		[[File:Diary snippet becoming (sm).jpg\|thumb\|pages from diary on "becoming"]]

	Practices of reading and writing, like any other practice, are co-constitutively shaped by the material conditions and possibilities around them. They do not happen in a vacuum.		Practices of reading and writing, like any other practice, are co-constitutively shaped by the material conditions and possibilities around them. They do not happen in a vacuum.

Saskia: /* Thinking From the Road */

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Thinking From the Road

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	Butter and I became slowly ceased to exist in fixed times and spaces, but rather became present through "openings", where time, space, connectivity and attention collided - for example, to initiate remote connections with research partners in Gjoa Haven through zoom and conference calls.		Butter and I became slowly ceased to exist in fixed times and spaces, but rather became present through "openings", where time, space, connectivity and attention collided - for example, to initiate remote connections with research partners in Gjoa Haven through zoom and conference calls.

	[[File:Butter interior.jpg\|thumb\|View from inside Butter, taking evening conference calls ]]		[[File:Butter interior (sm).jpg\|thumb\|View from inside Butter, taking evening conference calls ]]

	=Writing and Reading in Flux=		=Writing and Reading in Flux=

Saskia at 13:14, 20 July 2025

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	The Covid-19 pandemic functioned as a double-edged sword.		The Covid-19 pandemic functioned as a double-edged sword.

Saskia: /* Dwelling */

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Dwelling

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	<div class="next_choice"> You have encountered a '''"Landmark insight"'''! Take a closer look to understand what this means.</div>		<div class="next_choice"> You have encountered a '''"Landmark insight"'''! Take a closer look to understand what this means.</div>

	<span class="pop-up landmark link" data-page-title="~~Knowledge_as_Movement_and_Dwelling~~" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[~~Knowledge as~~ Movement and Dwelling\|Landmark: Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling]]</span>		<span class="pop-up landmark link" data-page-title="Movement_and_Dwelling" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Movement and Dwelling\|Landmark: Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling]]</span>

Saskia: /* Uncertainty */

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Uncertainty

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	Times remained ongoingly uncertain, and several waves of Covid-19 variants kept reappearing. I decided to buy a van to gain some independency.		Times remained ongoingly uncertain, and several waves of Covid-19 variants kept reappearing. I decided to buy a van to gain some independency: "Butter".

	[[File:Butter on driveway.jpg\|thumb\|Butter on driveway]]		[[File:Butter on driveway.jpg\|thumb\|Butter on driveway]]

Saskia at 23:30, 25 February 2025

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	The Covid-19 pandemic functioned as a double-edged sword.		The Covid-19 pandemic functioned as a double-edged sword.

	On the one hand it has caused a significant delays, and obstruction in terms of building community relations in the field. On the other hand, Covid-19 also provided opportunities. It allowed for more time to think about how to contribute to the BearWatch research project in a way that honours my professional background and matched my personal ethics. It also opened alternative pathways, for example, to initiate remote connections with research partners in Gjoa Haven through communication platforms like zoom and conference calls.		On the one hand it has caused a significant delays, and obstruction in terms of building community relations in the field.

	~~The~~ Covid-19 ~~pandemic, as such, has had significant~~ and ~~lasting impacts on the material circumstances under which I continued to work on~~ my ~~PhD, but it also invited new possibilities~~.		On the other hand, Covid-19 also provided possibilities. It allowed for more time to think about how to contribute to the BearWatch research project in a way that honored my professional background and matched my personal ethics.

	~~<div class~~=~~"next_choice">~~		=Uncertainty=
			Times remained ongoingly uncertain, and several waves of Covid-19 variants kept reappearing. I decided to buy a van to gain some independency.

	~~Keep going to learn more about how Covid-19 shaped new possibilities for thinking about movement and dwelling in my research.~~
	~~</div>~~

	~~=Butter=~~
	[[File:Butter on driveway.jpg\|thumb\|Butter on driveway]]		[[File:Butter on driveway.jpg\|thumb\|Butter on driveway]]

	~~Times remained ongoingly uncertain, and several waves of Covid-19 variants kept reappearing, most of Kingston’s public life and the Queen's campus remained shut down.~~ Eventually, I had decided to give up my apartment in Kingston in June, 2021 and chose to base myself closer to "home", in the Netherlands. There I awaited my moment of return to the North.		Eventually, I had decided to give up my apartment in Kingston in June, 2021 and chose to base myself closer to "home", in the Netherlands. There I awaited my moment of return to the North.

	I didn't have to wait long. A month after this decision, research in Nunavut became possible again.		I didn't have to wait long. A month after this decision, research in Nunavut became possible again.

	No longer having an apartment in Kingston, ~~and wanting to be somewhat more independent and self-reliant I had bought a campervan: “Butter”.~~ "Butter", became an important companion to my research. ~~Having bought~~ Butter, it ~~remained~~ possible for me- after Covid restrictions were lifted- to spend extended months of time in Canada despite lacking an apartment.		=Butter=

			No longer having an apartment in Kingston, "Butter", became an important companion to my research. Butter, made it possible for me- after Covid restrictions were lifted- to spend extended months of time in Canada despite lacking an apartment.

			Butter provided a way of transport and a comfortable place to sleep. It also provided me a way of staying connected to my friends in Kingston and allowed for my journey as a guest within the country to continue.

	Butter provided a way of transport and a comfortable place to sleep. It also provided me a way of staying connected to my friends in Kingston and allowed for my journey as a guest within the country to continue. In fact, Butter provided a completely different perspective to the country, than remaining in my apartment in Kingston would likely have offered me. Butter mobilized me, and its limited interior space would push me to spend a lot of time outside. I went on walks, wrote in my diary and read books that I had borrowed from the Queen’s libraries across the region.		In fact, Butter provided a completely different perspective to the country, than remaining in my apartment in Kingston would likely have offered me. Butter mobilized me, and its limited interior space would push me to spend a lot of time outside. I went on walks, wrote in my diary and read books that I had borrowed from the Queen’s libraries across the region.

	[[File:Googlemaps history .png\|thumb\|Screenshot of googlemaps showing my location history in Ontario 2019-2024]]		[[File:Googlemaps history .png\|thumb\|Screenshot of googlemaps showing my location history in Ontario 2019-2024]]

	=Thinking From the Road=		=Thinking From the Road=

			Butter and I became slowly ceased to exist in fixed times and spaces, but rather became present through "openings", where time, space, connectivity and attention collided - for example, to initiate remote connections with research partners in Gjoa Haven through zoom and conference calls.

	[[File:Butter interior.jpg\|thumb\|View from inside Butter, taking evening conference calls ]]		[[File:Butter interior.jpg\|thumb\|View from inside Butter, taking evening conference calls ]]

	On September 11th of 2020, the second of what would in total become three- two-hour long– conference calls between three principle investigators, me and several representatives of the Gjoa Haven HTO, took place. The week that those conference calls took place, I had taken Butter out to gain a more embodied understanding of the country I was living in. So I was taking these calls “from the road”.

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	The material circumstances of my PhD have slowly unveiled themselves as being in a constant state of flux in-between different geographical locations.		The material circumstances of my PhD have slowly unveiled themselves as being in a constant state of flux in-between different geographical locations.

	Not all seasons are suitable for living in a campervan in Ontario. Funding and project cycles do not adapt to personal circumstances, and neither do Northern communities when it comes to their seasonal window of opportunity to act on their own responsibilities, desires and routines. Responding to these fluctuating conditions and possibilities, I was launched into a process of constantly moving-in-between places.

	For two and a half years my physical whereabouts were intra-dependent with the unfolding of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the seasons, the schedule of the BearWatch research project, family-affairs, friendships and romances. I was constantly travelling in-between Ontario, Nunavut and the Netherlands, as well as timezones, geographies, and climates.		For two and a half years my physical whereabouts were intra-dependent with the unfolding of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the seasons, the schedule of the BearWatch research project, family-affairs, friendships and romances. I was constantly travelling in-between Ontario, Nunavut and the Netherlands, as well as timezones, geographies, and climates.

Saskia: /* Dwelling */

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Dwelling

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	<div class="next_choice"> You have encountered a '''"Landmark insight"'''! Take a closer look to understand what this means.</div>		<div class="next_choice"> You have encountered a '''"Landmark insight"'''! Take a closer look to understand what this means.</div>

	<span class="pop-up landmark link" data-page-title="Knowledge_as_Movement_and_Dwelling" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling\|~~Emergent~~ Landmark: Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling]]</span>		<span class="pop-up landmark link" data-page-title="Knowledge_as_Movement_and_Dwelling" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling\|Landmark: Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling]]</span>

Saskia: /* Writing and Reading in Flux */

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Writing and Reading in Flux

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	Not all seasons are suitable for living in a campervan in Ontario. Funding and project cycles do not adapt to personal circumstances, and neither do Northern communities when it comes to their seasonal window of opportunity to act on their own responsibilities, desires and routines. Responding to these fluctuating conditions and possibilities, I was launched into a process of constantly moving-in-between places.		Not all seasons are suitable for living in a campervan in Ontario. Funding and project cycles do not adapt to personal circumstances, and neither do Northern communities when it comes to their seasonal window of opportunity to act on their own responsibilities, desires and routines. Responding to these fluctuating conditions and possibilities, I was launched into a process of constantly moving-in-between places.

	For ~~tow~~ and a half years my physical whereabouts were intra-dependent with the unfolding of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the seasons, the schedule of the BearWatch research project, family-affairs, friendships and romances. I was constantly travelling in-between Ontario, Nunavut and the Netherlands, as well as timezones, geographies, and climates.		For two and a half years my physical whereabouts were intra-dependent with the unfolding of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the seasons, the schedule of the BearWatch research project, family-affairs, friendships and romances. I was constantly travelling in-between Ontario, Nunavut and the Netherlands, as well as timezones, geographies, and climates.

	=Dwelling=		=Dwelling=

Saskia: /* Dwelling */

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Dwelling

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	The fourth year of my research anchored me more firmly in the Netherland- as the BearWatch funding cycle came to an end and the push and pulls of the project demanded fewer physical relocations. I found time and space to dwell with my (auto-)ethnographic writings. This writing shaped not a final stage of my work - reporting on, or describing the insights produced by a linearly executed research design for the purpose of disseminating - but rather formed a continuation of the research itself. Re-turning to the material, while blurring hard divisions of practice and theory to perform my writing as a space, and practice of emergent, reiterative, and ongoing processes of encounter allowed for a form of knowing as "movement and dwelling".		The fourth year of my research anchored me more firmly in the Netherland- as the BearWatch funding cycle came to an end and the push and pulls of the project demanded fewer physical relocations. I found time and space to dwell with my (auto-)ethnographic writings. This writing shaped not a final stage of my work - reporting on, or describing the insights produced by a linearly executed research design for the purpose of disseminating - but rather formed a continuation of the research itself. Re-turning to the material, while blurring hard divisions of practice and theory to perform my writing as a space, and practice of emergent, reiterative, and ongoing processes of encounter allowed for a form of knowing as "movement and dwelling".

	<div class="next_choice"> You have encountered a Landmark insight! Take a closer look to understand what this means.</div>		<div class="next_choice"> You have encountered a '''"Landmark insight"'''! Take a closer look to understand what this means.</div>

	<span class="pop-up landmark link" data-page-title="Knowledge_as_Movement_and_Dwelling" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling\|Emergent Landmark: Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling]]</span>		<span class="pop-up landmark link" data-page-title="Knowledge_as_Movement_and_Dwelling" data-section-id="0" data-encounter-type="Landmark">[[Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling\|Emergent Landmark: Knowledge as Movement and Dwelling]]</span>

Saskia at 19:51, 24 January 2025

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	~~This~~ pandemic ~~has~~ functioned as a double-edged sword. On the one hand it has caused a significant delay, and obstruction in terms of building community relations in the field. On the other hand, the delays allowed for more time to think about how to contribute to the BearWatch research project in a way that honours my professional background and matched my personal ethics. Covid-19 also provided opportunities. It also opened pathways, for example, to initiate remote connections with research partners in Gjoa Haven through communication platforms like zoom and conference calls.		The Covid-19 pandemic functioned as a double-edged sword.

	~~As such~~ the ~~pandemic,~~ has ~~had~~ significant and ~~lasting impacts on~~ the ~~material circumstances under which I continued~~ to ~~work on~~ my ~~PhD~~, ~~but it also invited new possibilities~~.		On the one hand it has caused a significant delays, and obstruction in terms of building community relations in the field. On the other hand, Covid-19 also provided opportunities. It allowed for more time to think about how to contribute to the BearWatch research project in a way that honours my professional background and matched my personal ethics. It also opened alternative pathways, for example, to initiate remote connections with research partners in Gjoa Haven through communication platforms like zoom and conference calls.

	~~Such invitations may take different shapes and forms~~, ~~like offering someone a ride~~, ~~playing bingo or staying around to drink a cup of coffee. It is up to you to decide whether you want to accept these invitations or not. They allow you to divert from previous trajectories~~ and ~~extend towards a practice of wayfaring and dwelling- to "waste" time and to be curious. Being receptive and open to such invitations is also~~ the ~~most effective way in this knowledge-land-scape~~ to ~~encounter insights~~ on ~~the meaning of “ethical engagement”. As I have found from~~ my ~~own experiences in the field~~, ~~the most insightful moments happen by responding to unanticipated encounters and phenomena with attuned curiosity and attentive openness~~.		The Covid-19 pandemic, as such, has had significant and lasting impacts on the material circumstances under which I continued to work on my PhD, but it also invited new possibilities.

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	=~~Thinking From the Road~~=		=Butter=
			[[File:Butter on driveway.jpg\|thumb\|Butter on driveway]]

	~~[[File:Butter on driveway~~.~~jpg\|thumb\|Butter on driveway]] [[File:Butter interior~~.~~jpg\|thumb\|View from inside Butter, taking evening conference calls ]]~~		Times remained ongoingly uncertain, and several waves of Covid-19 variants kept reappearing, most of Kingston’s public life and the Queen's campus remained shut down. Eventually, I had decided to give up my apartment in Kingston in June, 2021 and chose to base myself closer to "home", in the Netherlands. There I awaited my moment of return to the North.

	On September 11th of 2020, the second of what would in total become three- two-hour long– conference calls between three principle investigators, me and several representatives of the Gjoa Haven HTO, took place. ~~I was, in the week of those conference calls~~, ~~self-isolating~~ in ~~my campervan “Butter”, and taking these calls “on the road”~~.		I didn't have to wait long. A month after this decision, research in Nunavut became possible again.

	To be somewhat more independent and self-reliant I had bought a campervan: “Butter”, ~~and had taken it out in September to gain a more embodied understanding of the country I was living in. Making sure~~ to ~~still take covid-precautions into account, I had stocked up on groceries in~~ my ~~local Kingston “Food Basic” grocery store, and continued isolating myself~~. ~~I however did so from the road~~, ~~while exploring more~~ of ~~the province~~.		No longer having an apartment in Kingston, and wanting to be somewhat more independent and self-reliant I had bought a campervan: “Butter”. "Butter", became an important companion to my research. Having bought Butter, it remained possible for me- after Covid restrictions were lifted- to spend extended months of time in Canada despite lacking an apartment.

	=Butter=		Butter provided a way of transport and a comfortable place to sleep. It also provided me a way of staying connected to my friends in Kingston and allowed for my journey as a guest within the country to continue. In fact, Butter provided a completely different perspective to the country, than remaining in my apartment in Kingston would likely have offered me. Butter mobilized me, and its limited interior space would push me to spend a lot of time outside. I went on walks, wrote in my diary and read books that I had borrowed from the Queen’s libraries across the region.

	~~"Butter", became an important companion to my research~~. ~~As times remained ongoingly uncertain, and several waves~~ of ~~Covid-19 variants kept reappearing, with the campus, and most of Kingston’s public life shut down, I had decided to give up~~ my ~~apartment~~ in ~~Kingston in June, 2021 and chose to base myself closer to "home", in the Netherlands. There I awaited my moment of return to the North.~~		[[File:Googlemaps history .png\|thumb\|Screenshot of googlemaps showing my location history in Ontario 2019-2024]]

	~~I didn't have to wait long. A month after this decision, research in Nunavut became possible again.~~		=Thinking From the Road=

	~~Having bought~~ Butter, it remained possible for me- after Covid restrictions were lifted- to spend extended months of time in Canada despite lacking an apartment. Butter provided a way of transport and a comfortable place to sleep. Butter also provided me a way of staying connected to my friends in Kingston and allowed for my journey as a guest within the country to continue. In fact, Butter provided a completely different perspective to the country, than remaining in my apartment in Kingston would likely have offered me. Butter ~~mobilized me, and its limited interior space would push me to spend a lot of time outside. I went on walks~~, ~~wrote in my diary and read books that I had borrowed from the Queen’s libraries across the region.~~		[[File:Butter interior.jpg\|thumb\|View from inside Butter, taking evening conference calls ]]

			On September 11th of 2020, the second of what would in total become three- two-hour long– conference calls between three principle investigators, me and several representatives of the Gjoa Haven HTO, took place. The week that those conference calls took place, I had taken Butter out to gain a more embodied understanding of the country I was living in. So I was taking these calls “from the road”.
	~~[[File:Googlemaps history~~ .~~png\|thumb\|Screenshot~~ of ~~googlemaps showing my location history~~ in ~~Ontario 2019-2024]]~~

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	Practices of reading and writing, like any other practice, are co-constitutively shaped by the material conditions and possibilities around them. They do not happen in a vacuum.		Practices of reading and writing, like any other practice, are co-constitutively shaped by the material conditions and possibilities around them. They do not happen in a vacuum.

	The material circumstances of my PhD have slowly unveiled themselves as being in a constant state of flux in-between different geographical locations. Not all seasons are suitable for living in a campervan in Ontario. Funding and project cycles do not adapt to personal circumstances, and neither do Northern communities when it comes to their seasonal window of opportunity to act on their own responsibilities, desires and routines. Responding to these fluctuating conditions and possibilities, I was launched into a process of constantly moving-in-between places. For ~~three~~ years my physical whereabouts were intra-dependent with the unfolding of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the seasons, the schedule of the BearWatch research project, family-affairs, friendships and romances. I was constantly travelling in-between Ontario, Nunavut and the Netherlands, as well as timezones, geographies, and climates.		The material circumstances of my PhD have slowly unveiled themselves as being in a constant state of flux in-between different geographical locations.

			Not all seasons are suitable for living in a campervan in Ontario. Funding and project cycles do not adapt to personal circumstances, and neither do Northern communities when it comes to their seasonal window of opportunity to act on their own responsibilities, desires and routines. Responding to these fluctuating conditions and possibilities, I was launched into a process of constantly moving-in-between places.

			For tow and a half years my physical whereabouts were intra-dependent with the unfolding of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the seasons, the schedule of the BearWatch research project, family-affairs, friendships and romances. I was constantly travelling in-between Ontario, Nunavut and the Netherlands, as well as timezones, geographies, and climates.

	=Dwelling=		=Dwelling=