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Have you ever thought about how we monitor #wildlife? In this thread🧵 I will explain my #PhDthesis
#CREAF20K #cameratraps #mammals #conservation
#CREAF20K #cameratraps #mammals #conservation
Traditional methods of studying wildlife were based on direct observation of animals🧐🔭.
However, the technological boom of recent decades has also changed the way of monitoring wildlife. Do you want to know how?
Keyword is #cameratrap 📸!!
However, the technological boom of recent decades has also changed the way of monitoring wildlife. Do you want to know how?
Keyword is #cameratrap 📸!!
#Cameratraps are remotely activated cameras by an infrared sensor. When an animal passes in front of them, they record photos. Cameras operate with batteries and SD cards, we can place them in remote areas. Finally, animals don't react to them and showed their habitual behaviour
Some useful things to try to beat #writersblock in the #PhD and get back in flow. A 🧵
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#phdchat #phdlife #phdtips #AcademicTwitter @OpenAcademics @PhDVoice @PhD_Genie #thesiswriting #academicwriting #researchwriting #phdthesis #postgrad #Dissertation
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1/ first: don't sit there forcing yourself to get the motivation back. Nobody in the history of ever got motivated by telling themselves to feel motivated.
Instead, acknowledge you're not feeling it & shift focus instead. Read on... 👇🏼
Instead, acknowledge you're not feeling it & shift focus instead. Read on... 👇🏼
2/ Try reading something that usually gives you the academic equivalent of fanny flutters (!). Your favourite journo article, your fave writer, a section of your research journal, an interesting joy-giving bit of data.
That might spark some ideas to bring back into your writing
That might spark some ideas to bring back into your writing
I wrote 6 of 8 chapters of my #phdthesis in about 8 months (the very last year of the #phd) + rewrote my lit review.
This isn't a brag. It's to say that a lot can be done in a short time 1/
@PhDspeaks @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie @ThePhDPlace
This isn't a brag. It's to say that a lot can be done in a short time 1/
@PhDspeaks @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics @PhD_Genie @ThePhDPlace
Don't panic about not having stretches & swaths of time ahead to write forever.
It takes a tiny (and I mean TINY) bit of planning, focus + accountability to set yourself up.
Focused, intentional work can yield A LOT in even just 30 minutes.
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It takes a tiny (and I mean TINY) bit of planning, focus + accountability to set yourself up.
Focused, intentional work can yield A LOT in even just 30 minutes.
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BTW, in those 8 months of writing of writing those 6 chapters, I only worked max 6 hours a day. I kept all my mornings, evenings + weekends free, slept a full 8+ hours every night, ate proper meals.
I want you to know it IS possible to have balance & still get shit done!
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I want you to know it IS possible to have balance & still get shit done!
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One of my side-projects is a website on how to write better papers, mostly for social scientists. howtowriteanacademicpaper.com/index.html Here is a thread with the posts you can find there #writingcommunity #academicwriting #postdoc #PhDthesis #AcademicTwitter #researchpapers #PhDChat /1
My most-viewed post is the one on how to write simply – how to cut the crap, that is. I was inspired by William Zinsser’s ‘On writing well’ (highly recommended!). A workbook accompanies the post with exercises on how to simplify your own text. howtowriteanacademicpaper.com/how-to-write-s… /2
I plan a series of posts on writing different parts of a paper: the abstract, the conclusions, etc. For now, here's a piece on how to get a nice title for your paper howtowriteanacademicpaper.com/getting-the-ti…. (Laughed out loud with the terrible titles academics, myself including, come up with..)/3
Hello, I am Edna Matta. I was born in #Ibague, known as #Colombia’s #CityofMusic. A beautiful place near snow-covered volcanos (Ruiz, Santa Isabel and Tolima), large expanses of paramo forest, lakes and streams where a diverse array of animal and plant species coexist
My story starts with #powerful, #strong #women in my #family. I was the third of 4 children and my mom #firstMentor had to raise us practically alone, since my father had to work in a different city, 20h away by car
My mom is a very #strong #woman that taught me #values, to #workhard and to be #self-sufficient #StrongWomen #StrongFamily
@IWS_Network #VoicesIWS /1
@IWS_Network #VoicesIWS /1
