METHODOLOGIES, MANAGEMENT, CATALYST, THEORIES

CURIOSITY

Martin Hoskin teaches us that curiosity reinvigorates our relationship with research and our approach to knowledge. He challenges us to arrive at our own definition of research:

To gain knowledge through exploration and study of the unknown or of curiosity.
-Kris Miller

ROOM STUDY

We’re asked to sketch a room and then evaluate it, study it to arrive at set of data that describes the space:

ETYMOLOGY: The study of words, their origin, and how their form and meaning have changed over time

PHILOSOPHY

How we categorize knowledge and how we reflect on that knowledge

IMPERICISIM vs. RATION/REASON:

Metaphysics: ultimate sense of reality. Man, God, nature of being, what’s it all about
Aesthetics: nature of beauty, perception, order, proportion
Ethics: how we should conduct ourselves, judgement, morality, individual vs. state
Epistemology: Engages the theory of knowledge itself. Methods validity, origin, scope, limits, justified belief vs. opinion

RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

METHODOLOGY: Research the overall approach to studies. A body of shared procedures by those who work in a particular discipline. What genre of knowledge are you using to underpin your inquiry or approach?

METHOD: Process used for the collection of data for the purpose of analysis. The way you’re going to do what you’re going to do.

QUALITATIVE:

Language
Discourse
Interviews
Fluid

QUANTITATIVE:

Numbers
Facts about phenomena
Surveys
Recordings
Observations
Formulaic
Systematic

RESEARCH PRINCIPLES:

Minimize unintended harm
Obtain informed consent
Protect anonymity and confidentiality
Avoid deceptive practices
Providing the right to withdraw

SOURCES:

Primary sources: first-hand evidence, legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, creative writing, speeches, recordings, and art objects
Secondary sources: scholarly books, articles, magazines, reports, encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, documentaries, and newspapers

ANALYSIS:

Formal: direct description of what an individual has done and how they’ve done it, a description
Contextual: wider context, item fits into or impacts the world around it. When, why, for whom.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD RESEARCH QUESTION?

Relevant: must be of academic and intellectual interest, arises from issues raises in literature or practices
Manageable: must be able to access your sources of data, objects, people, documents, give a full and nuanced answer to your question
Substantial and original: must showcase imaginative abilities, no matter how far it may be couched in literature
Fit for assessment: must be open for assessment
Clear and simple
Interesting: not too convenient

CRAAP TEST: