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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
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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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