About amakkonen
World Nomads needs pioneers; you demand the innovative, the ambitious, and the fearless. You want the risk-takers and the accountable pragmatists. You’re hunting the exceptional, and I am confident that I can provide it. I am a connossieur of language and a global food fanatic. I run a small blog, The Castle Kitchen, where I showcase recent experiments I have tried in world cuisine. My fridge is stocked with kimchi, my pantry with dashi, and my spice rack with zhoug. I believe in alley-way travel, rural wanders and making family friends. I interview the fish monger at the farmers market, and the chocolatier in the fancy residential street. I have the heart of a nomad, and the cooking vocabulary that makes me stand out from the crowd.
I also have the professional skillset that makes me optimal for this scholarship; my History degree demands an immense amount of writing, and I organize to meet my deadlines without stress. I go beyond the assignment to research in archives and come in contact with original objects; I extend the analysis to new levels of critical thinking. My current research has been in the cross-cultural relationship between post-colonial Asia and the West; this is a remarkably appropriate topic that will allow me to understand Sri Lanka better, and my own place as a Western explorer. I am an independent, driven individual with experience travelling abroad. I am the combination of responsible realist and culinary adventurer that this scholarship is looking for.
