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can you write about mess in your thesis and if so how? part two

Posted on July 16, 2012 by pat thomson

Peter Matthews continues his post about writing about the messy bits of his research. In my previous post I reported the “positive story” of my fieldwork – reflecting on that feeling of “connection” with my research participants in the narrative … Continue reading →

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can you write about mess in your thesis, and if so, how? part one

Posted on July 13, 2012 by pat thomson

This post is written by Dr Peter Matthews who works in the School of the Built Environment at Herriott Watt. Peter’s blog is Urbanity…History and he tweets as @urbaneprofessor. I asked him to show and tell how he talked about … Continue reading →