Cycle One- Understanding the puzzle! (Module 2)
So... I have had a small gap, where I have been focusing on a play I am just starting rehearsals for and worrying about giving enough time over to study too. It has been really nice to talk to friends/colleagues and people in my field about my 'wonderings' and I have really tried not to tray ad jump to the end and try reflecting on this process and enjoy it, remembering what Adesola said about 'learning to research' is an part of this module and that it is not 'wasting time'.
I have been stuck between a couple of topics and just too a risk to delve in and just try looking at some literature for one of them, and I really enjoyed it. I was worried about it being a bit too broad, but I think this is okay to really map out some avenues and look at the 'whole picture' and what is 'out there' before choosing specific 'key texts' and ideas.
The literature review in the handbook has been a bit of a saving grace and for now, I have just made some notes on particular authors/ articles I have found and copy/pasted some key thoughts, however, I think my next process it to - make my own notes on...' WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH AND THEORY THE AUTHOR MIGHT BE USING ' so I am linking the themes with the actual way it is written for my own research development; interesting how you look for a certain article and assume they are the soul ideas person and then realize this person has quoted it from a book or article that you have already found/looked at. Also what point of view does this article/ viewpoint take? UNDERSTANDING MY TOPICS TREND.
My topic has branched out but has ended up linking to topics I was really interested in discussing, I seem to understand the 'cycle' a bit better now; as the first cycle is seeing what is out there - then it is looking at viewpoints and the way it is written/ its biases/ culture. but then we are looking at the way in which we will gather information about our topic and then researching literature for that purpose - ie literature on methodology. I did actually have a little look into the book 'Doing your research - by Judith bell' which was very helpful about how to strat ding research properly.
At the moment with my research topic, I have jumped the gun a bit thinking about how I might carry it out, with a lot of my ideas being interview and case study related, however, I think I will be able to get some Quantitative research by asking a varied group of artists to fill out a survey for some opposing/ factual statistics. Action research could also be an idea (if not too time-consuming) as I could ask my circle to try something for a few days related to my topic and see in a focus group what the results are? Then I can use (Lomax 2007-158) 'questions for action researchers'; can I use my knowledge and understanding from this to improve a situation?
I have not really touched or looked at Ethical considerations and how this all links into module 2 yet, which I will try and look at next week... at the moment I am sort of grasping the idea of the bits that make up this module and going through a cycle once of all of it and then will continue this for a 2nd / 3rd etc until I have some material to put into a draft.
Alongside all of this, I am aware that it is still a reflective journey on ourselves and our general practice and i think I am finding it challenging to remember to come back to my head and the feelings of my own practice and how this all fits in. I am rehearsing for a touring play from today, time and brain space is quite hard to organize with lines and songs and choreography, etc. I want to try and link it all together somehow. I have already today sat down with the cast and spoken about things related to my inquiry topic and realize the importance of having a support network around you. I have also been made aware of the happiness and ease I have felt again slipping back into the rehearsal process- with ideas firing and giving me the energy and discipline to work. When I am being creative I can be so productive in many other ways.
As an actor we learn so much through experience, really experiencing your creativity and flexing those muscles brings so much joy and for me a sense of 'being where I am supposed to be'. something that interested me from the book 'The Routledge Companion to Actor's Shakespeare' Andrew Hartley writes of Sinead Cusack:
I have been stuck between a couple of topics and just too a risk to delve in and just try looking at some literature for one of them, and I really enjoyed it. I was worried about it being a bit too broad, but I think this is okay to really map out some avenues and look at the 'whole picture' and what is 'out there' before choosing specific 'key texts' and ideas.
The literature review in the handbook has been a bit of a saving grace and for now, I have just made some notes on particular authors/ articles I have found and copy/pasted some key thoughts, however, I think my next process it to - make my own notes on...' WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH AND THEORY THE AUTHOR MIGHT BE USING ' so I am linking the themes with the actual way it is written for my own research development; interesting how you look for a certain article and assume they are the soul ideas person and then realize this person has quoted it from a book or article that you have already found/looked at. Also what point of view does this article/ viewpoint take? UNDERSTANDING MY TOPICS TREND.
My topic has branched out but has ended up linking to topics I was really interested in discussing, I seem to understand the 'cycle' a bit better now; as the first cycle is seeing what is out there - then it is looking at viewpoints and the way it is written/ its biases/ culture. but then we are looking at the way in which we will gather information about our topic and then researching literature for that purpose - ie literature on methodology. I did actually have a little look into the book 'Doing your research - by Judith bell' which was very helpful about how to strat ding research properly.
At the moment with my research topic, I have jumped the gun a bit thinking about how I might carry it out, with a lot of my ideas being interview and case study related, however, I think I will be able to get some Quantitative research by asking a varied group of artists to fill out a survey for some opposing/ factual statistics. Action research could also be an idea (if not too time-consuming) as I could ask my circle to try something for a few days related to my topic and see in a focus group what the results are? Then I can use (Lomax 2007-158) 'questions for action researchers'; can I use my knowledge and understanding from this to improve a situation?
I have not really touched or looked at Ethical considerations and how this all links into module 2 yet, which I will try and look at next week... at the moment I am sort of grasping the idea of the bits that make up this module and going through a cycle once of all of it and then will continue this for a 2nd / 3rd etc until I have some material to put into a draft.
Alongside all of this, I am aware that it is still a reflective journey on ourselves and our general practice and i think I am finding it challenging to remember to come back to my head and the feelings of my own practice and how this all fits in. I am rehearsing for a touring play from today, time and brain space is quite hard to organize with lines and songs and choreography, etc. I want to try and link it all together somehow. I have already today sat down with the cast and spoken about things related to my inquiry topic and realize the importance of having a support network around you. I have also been made aware of the happiness and ease I have felt again slipping back into the rehearsal process- with ideas firing and giving me the energy and discipline to work. When I am being creative I can be so productive in many other ways.
As an actor we learn so much through experience, really experiencing your creativity and flexing those muscles brings so much joy and for me a sense of 'being where I am supposed to be'. something that interested me from the book 'The Routledge Companion to Actor's Shakespeare' Andrew Hartley writes of Sinead Cusack:
'She has honed her craft through experience, she is able to keep what she calls 'the essential humanity' of the roles she plays uppermost'.
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