This is a VERY rough draft – I still need to work and write out the details in the background, method, etc: Note: (added 5/15/17) – I will revise my final draft to reflect more on the concept of Heterotopias and Panopticism (re: Foucault) and space as power. Though I am still very much […]
Tag: study abroad
short bio – week 1 (Berlin Honors)
My name is Nikki Hegstrom. I returned to school last year to finish my degree and am working towards my B.A. in Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) with Honors. I have been working in web development for about 15 years, which I currently do freelance, though my desire is to work within the global community […]
UW Berlin Study Abroad – Summer 2017
This will be the link to all of my thoughts and posts regarding the UW Berlin Honors 2017 Study Abroad Program: Negotiating Identities and Mediating Communities. Stay tuned!
important words in Deutsch / coffee talk
To learn German, I spent the first month using Pimsleur (my old fallback) language cds, the “Step by Step German” book (the step-by-step series is GREAT), duoLingo, and Memrise. Being the obsessive linguaphile that I am, I’ve probably tried at least 50 different language apps for specific languages over the years and at least that many […]
Countdown Berlin: 165 Days (Italy: @50)
165 days until I head off to Berlin to study abroad for 10 weeks. That’s less than 6 months! I am already making lists of food ideas for Husband to give to Kid, already plotting the huge batches of soups and other meals to freeze for them to have on hand. And I am already packing. […]
“Ich bin eine Berliner!”
I have a long post in process about some exciting things going on with school (University of Washington.) A portion of that story involves a great conversation with a previous teacher who helped me settle on the other language I’ll focus on this year. As part of requirements at UW, you need to have a […]