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if only …
This is a confession. One I know I shouldn’t be making in public. But I am. I need to explain, before I let you in on my guilty secret, that I am a fanatical reader. I read every day and … Continue reading
big researchers don’t cry?
This is a guest post from Jozica Kutin. Jozica is a researcher and PhD candidate at RMIT University, Melbourne. At the end of each research interview I tell the person I’ve interviewed how appreciative I am of their time and … Continue reading
Posted in Emotion, emotional research, interview, interviews, research, Uncategorized
Tagged emotion, interview, Jozica Kutin, research
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creative re-vision
If you have a writing practice which begins with a quickly written and almost inevitably loose first draft, then you need a range of strategies that you can call on to beat the text into shape. And even if … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, play, revision, revision strategy, Uncategorized
Tagged creative revision strategies, Kristen Iversen, Pat Thomson, revision
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literatures work – and a pair of new shoes…
It’s September and the Autumn equinox. To mark the occasion, I took my new pair of lace-up boots out of their box and gave them their first wearing/airing. Now anyone who knows me knows that I always have a pair … Continue reading
Posted in literature mapping, literature review, literature reviews, mapping, reading, scan-reading, scoping, Uncategorized
Tagged literatures work, mapping, noting, Pat Thomson, scoping
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guilty, as charged
I’ve been thinking about guilt lately. Academic guilt. And why I seem to feel it – a lot. The most recent guilt ridden occasion was just last weekend. The week before I’d been away for four days at a conference. … Continue reading
Posted in Emotion, emotional labour, guilt, Uncategorized
Tagged emotional labour, guilt, Pat Thomson
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the citation dump – and three more citation tactics to avoid – #thesisknowhow
All doctoral researchers know they must locate their work in the literatures. They also know that they must refer to the relevant literatures when they make an argument. Unsubstantiated claims are not acceptable, unless of course they are what is … Continue reading
