Tag Archives: research methods

holiday question 2: Why do we make researching into nouns?

Posted on December 23, 2013 by

Every now and then I wonder why it is that we talk about research processes as things. Our research uses interviews, not we interview. Or we opt for surveys rather than we survey. Or there are focus groups, rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Michael Billig, nominalisation, nouny, participant observation, participating/observing, research methods, thingification | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

#acwrimo work in progress: how to research academic blogging?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

In this post Thesis Whisperer opens up the issues around METHODS – how to actually do the research we need to do on our joint paper on academic blogs. The methods section, especially in a project that includes empirical research, … Continue reading →

Posted in academic blogging, research methods, snowball sample | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

academic travel diary: coping with mess

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

So on this trip home to Australia my passport disappeared. I maintain it was stolen in Tullamarine somewhere in the jostle between Customs and the car park. This was almost a disaster because not only did it mean that I … Continue reading →

Posted in mess, research methods, research project | Tagged , , , , | 15 Comments