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Category Archives: creativity
research as creative practice
Health warning – this is a tiny rant about one of my pet peeves, research “training”. It also draws on my own research in creativity and education. My starting point – Research is a creative process. The connection between research … Continue reading
the joys of creative re-description
Working with data is a creative process. Yes I know data word has got to be systematic and thorough. You can’t make up your results. But working with data is also always about interpretation. And interpretation, at some point, is … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, creativity, data, data analysis, redescription
Tagged categories, creativity, data, Pat Thomson, redescription, Richard Rorty
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planning v creativity in academic writing
Now a lot of people know that I’m an advocate of planning your writing. I’m not a great fan of just writing and just writing and then editing and just writing again and editing some more. I know people do … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, creativity, literature review, planning, planning a paper
Tagged academic writing, creativity, Pat Thomson, planning
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