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Thursday, 30 April 2015

Lecture 13: CoP 3 Introduction

Lecture 13
Richard Miles
30.4.15
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Notes:
Cop is research driven; It should push your practice into unfamiliar places. 

The focus of the module is about the intellectual, philosophical, practical understanding of your work. This module is about how much your work shows and engagement in the world, through practice driven.

From the start, the module is synthesised. From completing the proposal thought, you are setting a project of writing and reading and producing. 

This a module organized and driven by ourselves. No-one will chase you, you need to be organized. Time management will become important. How will you best make use of that time?

CoP3 isn't just a dissertation. It is not irrelevant.

Learning Outcomes.   -  20 marks for each learning outcome.
  • All learning outcomes can be achieved through dissertation, but also photographs art, design you make too.
  • Level 6 wants you to demonstrate your own political standing. It looks for your original ideas and takes on a topic.
  • All your projects will need to have a logical, critical, methodological approach to it. Evidence is not only reading books and writing essays, there are other ways too.
  • Practical, textual, and visual research is marked, based on not only quantity but quality. 
  • Your ability to manage your project is also assessed. 
  • Your work must be synthesised, and directly reflect your topic and research.
Praxis = Deepend practice

Proposal Form
Start your research now, DO NOT waste the summer. You need to think about your project in enough depth now to prevent problems later on in the year.
The proposal form kickstarts the module. You need to be able to propose a project that is achievable in the time frame. Don't complete your proposal form in a rush, it should be thought through.
Try to complete it in as much detail. Try to clearly explain what it is you want to explore.

Aim/Objectives
You can work within a similar title as past essays, using level 5's essay as a spring-board for level 6. You need to begin to think about what questions you're asking about things.
IF you start from a wide point, you will have a million questions to answer.

Think about it. Be specific.

Your objective is not set it stone. Produce a set of related questions about the topic.

Research
Think about what research is relevant to your writing/practical. What is the history/key figures. What has influenced it. Is your project culturally specific? (why/wynot?)
Why are you asking the questions you are?

Methodology
All methodology is, is that you have a predetermined system of how you are going to undertake your research. Perhaps your methodology is data collection. There are a million theories and research methods. You must pick the most appropriate methodology for you.
In selecting certain questions/approaches and rejecting others in epistemology; the philosophy about certain types of knowledge.

How will you go about investigating your subject. Do you have to research into methods of research? If you think about how to effectively research, it will help your project in the long run.