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Category Archives: ontology
research as/in everyday life
A few weeks ago I was sitting with a group of professional musicians. Not my usual company. It was actually a seminar for musicians undertaking practice based PhDs, and I’d been invited to talk, along with @minxmarple, by @annscottpiano. My … Continue reading
Posted in ethnography, ontology, research, researcher identity
Tagged Ethnography, ontology, Pat Thomson, research as everyday
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do we ‘collect’ data? or – beware the ontological slip …
A post where I have a small rant about one of my least favorite research expressions… We’ve all heard of a Freudian slip. This is where we inadvertently say something that unintentionally reveals an unconscious, or repressed, feeling, idea or … Continue reading
Posted in data, epistemology, methodology, ontology
Tagged 'collecting' data, epistemology, Freudian slip, Nick Hopwood, ontology, Pat Thomson
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methodology isn’t methods.. or… what goes in a methods chapter
Since I’ve been posting about methods and methodology, I’ve been asked several times to discuss the difference between methodology and methods and how these appear in a methods chapter. This post is by way of an answer. Not all dissertations … Continue reading
Posted in epistemology, methodology, methods chapter, ontology, research design, research methods, thesis
Tagged methodology, methods, methods chapter, Pst Thomson, research design
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why doctoral researchers should go to the modern art museum
Really?? Why should early career researchers bother themselves with contemporary arts? Well, the answer could be to hold better conversations at dinner parties, or to help the team at the pub quiz. Or it could be to help the stroppy … Continue reading
