I want to share these photos of my current work setup to expand on something.

I am writing a memorandum (in my laptop)

This memorandum deploys ideas I am getting from highlighting and annotating papers

But I also write by hand in my Everything Notebook, particularly when I am reflecting very deeply on a specific topic (informal water vending)

What this thread is intending to showcase is that we need physical, emotional space and time to deeply engage with scholarly research.

If you think “oh God it’s taking me a FULL DAY to get through reading and highlighting and annotating ONE article or book chapter”: IT IS OK!!!