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9/26/2012

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1. Mansplaining, explained. And an example from this blog. (Sorry guys, while I appreciate your enthusiasm for macro, the post was about grad students having no fun and it was a direct quote. An explanation of the real meaning of the transversality condition wasn't exactly necessary.)

2. Being a nerd is not an excuse for not talking to people about work.

3. Development lexicon. I'm not entirely convinced that changing the lexicon is a big priority (calling people "economically disadvantaged" doesn't make them any less poor), but the debate is interesting nonetheless.

4. A response to the frequent question about my research: "But won't you [female, white, American, outsider] influence their answers?"

Hat tips: COC^2, JK

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Helen Markelova
9/26/2012 01:07:58 am

Great links! You had a productive morning:)

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Jason Kerwin link
9/26/2012 02:29:55 am

Wow, I'm pretty sure this is my first appearance on anyone's "good links" list - I'm flattered.

The WhyDev diatribe on bad development phrases misses a critical point, which is that we are on a decades-long euphemism treadmill and making it go faster probably won't do anything except cause the new terms to become unacceptable more quickly. To pick one example, the problem with all the different phrases for poor countries is not the phrases, but the attitudes of the people using them, which causes the phrases to pick up negative connotations. "Third World" was originally coined in reference to the Third Estate, which was the most important, powerful, and eventually successful of the three. That it is now taken to be a ranking is a reflection on attitudes towards the countries in question; no one thinks the Third Estate was the "worst".

Which is all to say that you're right and changing the lexicon doesn't matter much.

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Verena Starke link
10/4/2012 06:57:45 pm

Dear Aine,
Very interesting and eclectic links!
Thanks for reposting my link regarding the networking. I appreciate it!
Cheers, Verena

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    International development, economics and some pretty ambitious ideas from a stubborn graduate student clinging to her sense of adventure.


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