Kati’s Fieldnotes

Welcome to my little blog on East Asia, politics, law and sociology. Here I allow myself to write about whatever project is on my mind.

Blog

Personal pieces, random observations and short articles – ranging from Chinese politics to sociological topics and nature.

Notes on East Asia, Daily Life, Politics and Plants

Here you’ll find the main topics covered on my blog.

How (Young) Hooman Beings navigate life in times of multiple crises

A look at challenges and visions. Interviews.

Being a Young Sinologist

Thoughts and articles on regional studies, academia and topics relating to East Asia.

Literature, Culture and History

A few lines about books, songs, poems, traditions and food – often with a connection to East Asia.

Society and Politics

Analyses and reflections on geopolitical and social issues – at local, national and global levels.

Book Notes

Marginalia

Crescent

“Here is something you have to understand about stories: They point you in the right direction but they can’t take you all the way there. Stories are crescent moons; they glimmer in the night sky, but they are most exquisite in their incomplete state. Because people crave the beauty of not-knowing, the excitement of suggestion, and the sweet tragedy of mystery.”

Diana Abu-Jaber