– I think your question should reflect more of how you will examine the two different competing discourses
– The diagram like Aradau but with your vocabulary would be helpful to see how you adapt it
– considerations for trustworthiness
–> hit every single one of them very well!
– how will you examine all those who have opinions?
o Is this too broad?
Popular, media and elite
• Is this feasible with the semester time constraint? If not, which will you prioritize and why?
– Symbols, metaphors and texts… which ones will your prioritize?
Hi Gwen! The way you laid out all of the terms and concepts of a interpretivist research design shows a deep understanding of this methodology. I really commend your commitment to trustworthiness by looking at all the different sources you mentioned in your video (media, speeches, etc) and your deep reflection on your position in relation to the research. I also think you have an understanding of the real world effects of these discourses, and that is vitally important when doing this kind of research. The one critique I have for you is that you mention two different discourses, but your research question only includes one of them. How do you plan to incorporate the pity discourse into your research and how relevant is it when talking about securitization? But overall, great job!
Hey Gwen!
You’ve laid out the discourses you seek to understand in a very solid way and I believe you have a great framework for research. For your security discouse, you’ve laid out the types of texts and symbols that you are going to use, I was wondering what type of texts you are going to use for pity. Will it be more aimed at NGO/official discourse, popular discourse, elite discourse, or perhaps a combination of all three? You also pointed to the Hungarian PM as a source of discourse, will you be looking specifically at Hungarian elite discourse, or any country that is being effected by the refugee crisis.
I’m excited to see how your research progresses!
Gwen — you’ve already received a good deal of informative and important feedback from your peers here. I would encourage you to follow up on the comments above. They all contain good recommendations for you as you continue to think about your Final Narrative Paper and — more importantly — think about your research plans going forward into 306.
I very much like the idea of “denaturalizing dominant explanations” that you mention! To enhance that, make sure to focus on theory in more detail (literature review material, as mentioned in the comments above) as you work on your FNP. It would also be good to discuss some of the methodological elements central to discourse analysis research — objects of study, texts, contexts — before you get to the very important ideas of reflexivity and other checks on meaning-making. You’re on the right track, but make sure to take note of all of these important methodological decisions as you work on the Final Narrative Paper.
December 12, 2017 at 11:35 am
Gwen-
This is an awesome research presentation!
– I think your question should reflect more of how you will examine the two different competing discourses
– The diagram like Aradau but with your vocabulary would be helpful to see how you adapt it
– considerations for trustworthiness
–> hit every single one of them very well!
– how will you examine all those who have opinions?
o Is this too broad?
Popular, media and elite
• Is this feasible with the semester time constraint? If not, which will you prioritize and why?
– Symbols, metaphors and texts… which ones will your prioritize?
December 12, 2017 at 11:39 am
One more thing Gwen – would love to hear about the schools of thought from your literature review! Thanks!
December 12, 2017 at 11:39 am
Hi Gwen! The way you laid out all of the terms and concepts of a interpretivist research design shows a deep understanding of this methodology. I really commend your commitment to trustworthiness by looking at all the different sources you mentioned in your video (media, speeches, etc) and your deep reflection on your position in relation to the research. I also think you have an understanding of the real world effects of these discourses, and that is vitally important when doing this kind of research. The one critique I have for you is that you mention two different discourses, but your research question only includes one of them. How do you plan to incorporate the pity discourse into your research and how relevant is it when talking about securitization? But overall, great job!
December 12, 2017 at 11:40 am
Hey Gwen!
You’ve laid out the discourses you seek to understand in a very solid way and I believe you have a great framework for research. For your security discouse, you’ve laid out the types of texts and symbols that you are going to use, I was wondering what type of texts you are going to use for pity. Will it be more aimed at NGO/official discourse, popular discourse, elite discourse, or perhaps a combination of all three? You also pointed to the Hungarian PM as a source of discourse, will you be looking specifically at Hungarian elite discourse, or any country that is being effected by the refugee crisis.
I’m excited to see how your research progresses!
December 13, 2017 at 10:48 pm
Gwen — you’ve already received a good deal of informative and important feedback from your peers here. I would encourage you to follow up on the comments above. They all contain good recommendations for you as you continue to think about your Final Narrative Paper and — more importantly — think about your research plans going forward into 306.
I very much like the idea of “denaturalizing dominant explanations” that you mention! To enhance that, make sure to focus on theory in more detail (literature review material, as mentioned in the comments above) as you work on your FNP. It would also be good to discuss some of the methodological elements central to discourse analysis research — objects of study, texts, contexts — before you get to the very important ideas of reflexivity and other checks on meaning-making. You’re on the right track, but make sure to take note of all of these important methodological decisions as you work on the Final Narrative Paper.