Dissertation metaphors

Being in English, I like using metaphors to describe things. Right now, I've been thinking about my dissertation, specifically my chapter, in metaphorical terms. Ironically, even though my dissertation is about architectural, domestic spaces, I have not yet thought about the dissertation itself as any kind of structure. That is, until today, when I wrote a couple of important "set up" paragraphs that frame my argument and realized that I was essentially adding scaffolding to my chapter. And the chapter has been structurally very difficult, so hopefully I've laid the foundation enough that I can build on what I've written and complete the project without going too overtime or overbudget. At the very least, I doubt I'll have to call in a structural engineer, though that it what revisions are for.

Okay, okay. I'll stop now.

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