Author: Miriam Elgon

What are art-based projects like? The Journal Project: Research at the Boundaries Between Social Sciences and the Arts Judith Davidson Davidson, J. (2011) ‘The Journal Project: Research at the Boundaries Between Social Sciences and the Arts’, Qualitative Inquiry, 18 (1), pp. 86 – 99. Getting distance on your own data, in her case as it… Continue reading Arts-Based Projects

What is Autoethnography? Autoethnography: An Overview Carolyn Ellis, Tony E. Adams and Arthur P. Bochner Ellis, C. Adams, T.E. and Bochner, A.P. (2011) ‘Autoethnography: An Overview’, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol 12 (1), Available at: https://www.qualitativeresearch.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1589/3095 (Accessed: 25th November) ‘Scholars became increasingly troubled by social science’s ontological, epistemological and axiological limitations’ (Ellis and Bochner, 2000)… Continue reading Autoethnography

What is Qualitative Research? – Moral, Ethical, Political Unfurling Rigor: On Continuity and Change in Qualitative Inquiry Arthur P. Bochner Bochner, A.P. (2018) ‘Unfurling Rigor: On Continuity and Change in Qualitative Inquiry’, Qualitative Inquiry, Vol 24 (6), pp. 359 – 368. doi: 10.1177/1077800417727766journals.sagepub.com/home/qix (Accessed: 18th November 2021) Richard Rorty – The whole idea of ‘being… Continue reading Moral Research

What is Qualitative Research? – Disruptive and Socially Just The Death of Data in Neoliberal Times Norman K. Denzin Denzin, N. K. (2019) ‘The Death of Data in Neoliberal Times’, Qualitative Inquiry, Vol 25 (8), pp. 721 – 724. doi: 10.1177/1077800419847501journals.sagepub.com/home/qix (Accessed: 18th November 2021) ‘A disruptive politics of representation is the focus, crafting works… Continue reading Disruptive Research

What is research? – Messy The purpose of mess in action research: building rigour through a messy turn Tina Cook Cook, T. (2009) ‘The purpose of mess in action research: building rigour through a messy turn’, Educational Action Research, 17 (2), pp. 277-291. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09650790902914241 (Accessed: 18th November 2021) Roland Barthes, Studium and Punctum… Continue reading Messy Research

What is Action Research? Action Research Introduction Jean McNiff McNiff, J (2022) ‘Action Research: Introduction the first edition’. Available at: https://www.jeanmcniff.com/ar-booklet.asp (Accessed at: 30th September) ‘Encourages practitioners to be in control of their own lives and contexts’ ‘Principles: the need for justice and democracy the right of all people to speak and be heard the… Continue reading Action Research

What is research? What is my research? Understanding the Research Onion 15 writers (2020) ‘Understanding the Research Onion’, Available at: https://15writers.com/research-onion/ (Accessed: 30th September) Onion model presented by Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill in their book Research Methods for Business Students Philosophy – ‘Interpretivism claims that individual observers have their own perception and understanding of reality.’… Continue reading Research Onion

What is Creative Research? Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide Helen Kara Kara, H (2015) Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide. Bristol: Policy Press Methodology and Method ‘Methodology is ‘a contextual framework’ (Grierson and Brearley 2009:5)’ ‘Methods are the tools that researchers use to gather and analyse… Continue reading Creative Research

What does intentional mean in the context of my question? Consciousness and Intentionality Siewert, Charles, “Consciousness and Intentionality”, in Edward N. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available at:https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entries/consciousness-intentionality (Accessed: 25th November 2021) ‘Consciousness is the feature that makes states count as experiences in a certain sense.’ A person’s fall of a branch – NOT… Continue reading Intentional

What is a good research question? Refining a Research Question (handout) Refining a Research Question (handout) (2021) Available at: https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=63394 (Accessed: 27th Sept) ‘The prize is in the process (not the product) and the way in which a research topic is tackled (not necessarily solved)’ ‘Research should always be driven by curiosity. Genuine curiosity is… Continue reading Research Question