Thursday, August 13, 2009

Think Critically ...



Well, I always have a hard time to think "critically." Today, again, one of my advisers pointed out that my reading style is very narrative, not critical at all. Yeah, I knew it. Thanks for reminding me.

But he is great. He did not only criticize me but gave me specific ideas of how to ask questions (to myself), and how to look at things from where to answer the questions, which is very helpful.

It is really interesting and eye-popping to me that he suggested to me to connect the concept of "imagined communities" and newspapers. Imagined communities, newspapers, nation-state ...