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I can’t find anything written on my topic… really?
Sometimes people tell me that they can’t find any literature that is relevant to their research. They are doing something that nobody else has researched and written about and so there isn’t anything to read. What, they ask, can they … Continue reading
Posted in focusing in, literature mapping, literature review, no literatures
Tagged focusing, literature review, mapping, no literatures, Pat Thomson, scoping
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writing warm-ups
One of my current research projects looks at the ways in which young people value the experience of live art. We have worked with a choreographer in an intensive four day workshop and we have just moved onto some serious … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, focusing in, spontaneous writing, Warm-up
Tagged Pat Thomson, writing warm-up
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focusing in on blogging literatures part two – #acwrimo work in progress
This is the sixth post about the literature review I am doing about academic blogging for a paper/project with Thesis Whisperer. I’m working to a short time frame, and using a three-stage approach – scoping, mapping and focusing in. I … Continue reading
Posted in academic blogging, acwrimo, blogging, blogging taxonomy, focusing in, interpretation, scoping
Tagged academic blogging, focusing in, literature review, Pat Thomson
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stepping back to focus in – literature review stage three. #acwrimo work in progress
The title of this post – and of this stage of the literature review – might sound confusing. How can you both step back and focus in? Well I want you to imagine that you’re in an art gallery. If … Continue reading
