Jon Henrik in Ifugao

hi jon! i dont know if you are the same jon hendrik i met around 2003 or 2004. i accidentally found your blog. anyway, so are you still here in the philippines? i now work with the cordillera peoples alliance, an alliance of organizations in the Cordillera advocating for indigenous peoples' rights.

you call this 'fieldwork in anthropology'? thumbsdown!

Hi and welcome back in the blogosphere. I'm glad you've started blogging again!

Dear Jon Henrik, I hope your feelings have changed a little. Ethnography is a priviledge and a curse. More of the latter perhaps when our "faith" in the project weakens - but then it is just a (strange) job I guess it is inevitable to have such periods (loong ones, even) of doubt, wondering and boredom, when choosing to do something so out of the ordinary, and far away from our everyday places, people and concerns. All I can say now, though, is thank you for sharing those thoughts. It means a lot, and gives a lot of food for thought now that I am about to plunge into a similar situation. Don't stop writing.

Hello?! It's not very nice of you to leave us hanging just like that. I'm very curious to know what has happened since your last post. Please post soon =)

I recommend daily doses of liquor to get you through.

"a country notorious (along with "most other countries in the world, perhaps?) for its relaxed attitude to time."


Thankfully these places still exist in a world culture obsessed with not only punctuality (always revolving around commerce/work), but the illusion of time itself!