hey all-
I wanted to check in with my friends/family/anyone else thats reading my personal blog. Are you still there? I won't be upset if you aren't :)
It's just now that I've become a blogging factory for two other blogs
http://www.lavidaidealist.org and
http://fellowsblog.kiva.org
...I dont want to maintain this one if I have no readers.
I myself would like to continue maintaining it because its my avenue to post things unrelated to Kiva, stories and experiences Matt and I are going through.
So please comment on this post if you ARE following this blog and would like me to continue!
Either way, i love you all :)
Love,
Suz
Friday, August 14, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Tour de FINCA!
Here it is ya'll
Enjoy and excuse me for my hyperness... it is kind of annoying!!
Suz
Suzy's Tour of Kiva partner FINCA Peru! from Suzy Marinkovich on Vimeo.
Enjoy and excuse me for my hyperness... it is kind of annoying!!
Suz
Monday, August 3, 2009
cynics vs idealists
Something has happened to the field of development.
Idealism, if you had to define it with the FIRST sentence that came to mind, would probably involve an image of a hippie smiling and staring at the stars, talking about, I don't know, impossible things, ending the war on drugs, effective socialist governments (an oxy-moron, historically speaking), and so forth. It would involve an image of naivete, if not downright stupidity.
Cynicism, on the other hand, is "cool." Cynicism is something that the academic with the masters in International Development feels obliged to call their own. It is being "realistic" (which idealism is not) -- it is being "smart," and "informed."
According to dictionary.com,
Idealism: the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
Cynicism: an attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others.
I have yet to see what cynicism accomplishes in development.
And though I have a conservative-leaning view when it comes to the markets, and particularly, to national defense, I am not going to fall into what I consider this stupidly trendly trap of cynicism in development. At best, it's unproductive, and at worst, its detrimental.
This philosophy that I'm developing is in its primary stages, but it is surely the reason I chose to apply to be a contributing blogger for Idealist.org/Action Without Borders Latin America volunteering blog -- called www.lavidaidealist.org
Check out my first post on the site, posted today.
It's titled "Where we pull apart, we bind together."
Suz
Idealism, if you had to define it with the FIRST sentence that came to mind, would probably involve an image of a hippie smiling and staring at the stars, talking about, I don't know, impossible things, ending the war on drugs, effective socialist governments (an oxy-moron, historically speaking), and so forth. It would involve an image of naivete, if not downright stupidity.
Cynicism, on the other hand, is "cool." Cynicism is something that the academic with the masters in International Development feels obliged to call their own. It is being "realistic" (which idealism is not) -- it is being "smart," and "informed."
According to dictionary.com,
Idealism: the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
Cynicism: an attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others.
I have yet to see what cynicism accomplishes in development.
And though I have a conservative-leaning view when it comes to the markets, and particularly, to national defense, I am not going to fall into what I consider this stupidly trendly trap of cynicism in development. At best, it's unproductive, and at worst, its detrimental.
This philosophy that I'm developing is in its primary stages, but it is surely the reason I chose to apply to be a contributing blogger for Idealist.org/Action Without Borders Latin America volunteering blog -- called www.lavidaidealist.org
Check out my first post on the site, posted today.
It's titled "Where we pull apart, we bind together."
Suz
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