Friday 29 September 2017

Have also made a discovery that I have been approaching this from a positivist point of view. I was starting my inquiry process with the assumption that there is something fixed out there to be found. To some extent, I have been researching to 'substantiate' rather than researching with an open mind and trusting and seeing where my inquiry will lead me to....

Monday 25 September 2017

Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a good summer!

As I finished my 1st module in June, I had sometime to reflect over my feedback from the assessed work and also did some general reflection over the summer on my experience on this programme and my first experience in the field of academia.

Two main things I've learnt during my time dojng module 1. Firstly, the importance of looking broadly and what seems like the outside. Not be afraid to talk about a wide range of subjects. The importance of communicating with others on a specific subject but in a boarder sense. Then, putting my thoughts down in a journal or even on a piece of paper. And from talking and reading from the broader perspective, I found links to my key interest and areas of my research. I was fortunate to have met some interesting people and I found that even when we were discussing on subjects that had no relation to my areas of research, somehow I found links that sparked ideas that could relate to what I was researching or thinking about at that time. One good example was while talking with a couple of old school friends who are currently Lecturers in Law in the University of Hong Kong and who have nothing to do with the field of dance, has led me to finding the title of a piece that I was creating! So lesson learnt here is talk, discuss, read - with whoever and on whatever subject might be at that time. Important thing is to be open, receptive and keeping the channels open.

Whilst trying to look at things in a broader sense, what I've discovered (especially from the feedback) is that I need to be able to narrow down my ideas and be more specific. So looking and researching from a broader perspective so that I have the information to be specific and precise in my research. I guess that's what my supervisors have been saying all this time. Hard thing for me is that I do have so many other interests and want always to be open minded in a broad range of subjects. So - thing for me in module 2 and onwards, be specific!!