Monthly Archives: October 2020
Simmel and Goffman.
The presentation of Self in everyday life, as a social interaction.The role fashion plays in the presentation of Self.One Self that performs in both digital and physical domains. What does Simmel say about Agency?Further explore Simmel’s subjectivity/objectivity theory. Erving Goffman. … Continue reading
Further advice from Kelly – Simmel and Goffman.
After my tutorial with Kelly yesterday, I woke up to a few emails from her, suggesting a book on the material turn and also suggesting that I rethink the work of Simmel and Goffman as opposed to Haraway. I have … Continue reading
Second tutorial with Kelly 29/10/20 – Talking through the Material Turn and relevant theories / thinkers to base my contextual framework on & UPDATED RESEARCH QUESTION.
During this tutorial, I clarified my understanding of Post-Structuralist and Materialist thinkers and determined my work fit better in the Material Turn. This helped me eliminate some thinkers and themes from my Literature Review. My research question has been updated … Continue reading
Updated Individual Learning Plan as of 29/10/20.
I have been updating my Individual learning plan accordingly, as my project has been developing, as my research question has changed and now my outcome. This is my updated Individual Learning Plan as of today and this has been a … Continue reading
Tutorial with Vicky 29/10/20.
I talked Vicky through my developing project, about the contextual framework I was researching and writing about. I am now at the stage where I feel confident casually chatting about my project, which I feel is a really beneficial part … Continue reading
Deciding whether to place my focus in Post-Structuralism or the Material Turn – Contextual framework for thesis.
Post – Structuralism: After my initial tutorial with Kelly, she suggested I research Post-structuralist thinkers and particularly the material turn, as my concepts aligned with the materialist thinkers. So, from what I can understand, Structuralism acknowledges a fixed real word … Continue reading
22/10/20 – Tutorial with Kelly – Update to research question and theoretical focus.
I talked Kelly through the same presentation I used in the group tutorial and gave her a brief background of my study as this was the first time we were meeting. Itai had requested that I focus my time with … Continue reading
22/10/20 – Second group tutorial with Itai.
This group tutorial was very important in terms of ensuring I was on track – particularly with the recent change in outcome. Also, although I have qualified for an extension, I will not have access to tutors and tutorials as … Continue reading
Narrative curve graph for Interview
I’ve been thinking about how to visually communicate the interviews and how they demonstrated phygital, then I discovered Narrative curve graphs and these are perfect. This is one I created for one of the interviews:
Phenomenology Findings.
I have now coded all the interviews and broken them down into a table of master themes: I am going to create a narrative curve graph to demonstrate the findings.