We had two group skype chats on Sunday
AM
We talked about how we can not tell everything but need to
direct what we are writing to make a focused point. For instance in an AOL you
can not tell your own life story!!! Or in the critical reflection document in
Module Three you can not explain every thing you did or thought!! You have to
decide what story you are telling. Tara will post thoughts on this http://dancetara.blogspot.com
Later after the PM skype I spoke to Sarah and talked more
about this
It is important to understand when you write an AOL or The
final critical reflection or the project plan you are telling the story ‘of telling
the story’.
For instance, in Module three:
- You decide on the story the research has told you ‘children respond to images’
- Then the whole document tells the story of telling the story
- The introduction says I am going to tell the story (that children respond to images) and this is why I am going to tell it, and this is where I found the story, and this is why I think it is important to tell.
- The literature explains other people have told stories about children and images too, and this is what stories they have told…
- The methodology and method says I am going to tell the story (that children respond to images) and this is how I looked for and found the the story, and this is how I am going to tell it
- The analysis – tells the STORY children respond to images
- The conclusion says now I have told the story (children respond to images) this is how I feel and this is the next kind of story I am going to look for to tell
We talked about how we have a tendency to see people as
institutions. We wondered of this was particularly prevalent in Western Concert
dance (history). Doing this affects how we see ourselves as actors in our
narrative history. It also means we have to think about how we position subject
and object as we think about ourselves in AOLs (for instance). Also between
ourselves and the university – when we decide what to submit and what not to.
(It is important not to loose sight of the fact you are explaining yourself to
another human being (decisions need to make sense and be meaningful to you), you
are not changing yourself to become part of a mechanism (institution) called
University. Alanna will write thoughts on seeing people as institutions http://sustainablerisktaking.blogspot.com
Suzy also noted that for some people this is the last skype
until final oral presentation. She will write about how helpful the skype chats
can be. Please note graduates can still come to skype chats as Mary did in the
PM one J https://zsurcy.wordpress.com
Amanda will write thoughts on the highs and lows of Module Two.
http://alawford.blogspot.com/2015/11/module-two.html
PM
We talked about a number of specific questions: ‘should I
send in this …? Do I do that…?’ We decided that the answer is to own the work.
If it makes sense to you (on a deep level – think it through) then you should
do it. If you have any doubts explain why you think it is a good idea to do it
when you do it.
Think deeply about what you are doing – explaining your
learning experience, proposing a plan, explaining what you have done over a
semester… What you do should make sense. Imagine if you are on the receiving
end of your work it should make sense. It is not a trick it just has to make
sense. Cathy will write more on this https://cathieingram.wordpress.com
We talked about not getting overwhelmed and being selective.
In other words, not everything you think and do might be handed in. You are
trying to tell us something send in what makes sense to best tell that story
(see above). Ainsely and Jade will write more thoughts on this http://ainsleymsudds.blogspot.com
We talked about a rhizome as an organizing structure. I have
written about this before. By using a rhizome structure you can focus on the connections
and networks – relationships between things. In this course we value these as a
large part of the reflective process and the analytical process. It is part of our rejection of dualist
constructs to move away from defining things to start to look at how things
affect each other, are linked, are part of networks. Sarah created a great rhizome
diagram to organize her data. She posted this on her blog http://sarahsulemanji.blogspot.com
Tamzin is going to post on some sites she has found for gnat
charts and other time organizing tools. http://tamzinhoward.blogspot.com
Please look at Lisa and Maria’s blogs too
Mary joined us which was great. She is going to be going on
a course that follows on from her module three over the winter holidays and she
will be up-dating her blog so look out for that.
Helen is writing
about permission , judgments, relevance: how you value what you are doing in
your study http://www.helenkindred.blogspot.com
What do you think?
Adesola
From Julie C.
ReplyDeleteA very interesting group discussion on Sunday morning talking about how to make decisions about submissions with consideration of taking ownership/control of research and the ethics surrounding this. Analysis of data taken from a personally driven research project in which your own place as a researcher needs to be heavily acknowledged, and then making inferences to a wider dance population was also discussed. The conclusion that I took away was that the link between these two areas needs to made through my own experience and as a researcher I need to place myself more centrally within these decisions. It was very helpful to have talked these issues through as it has helped me take further control of my submission and as a result, I feel that I can trust my own judgement more strongly. Thank you to all who contributed.