Methodology04

MethodologyAllen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein

Summer 2013

Find aTopic

ExternalResearch

Unexpected Research

Conclusions & Direction

Internal Research

Allen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein

Write a list

EthnographyInformal conversations

Play a gameConsult unlikely

authoritiesTrial and error

Find trends Share the resultsStart production


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Create a list.

Free write all you know about a problem.


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Ask questions.Be curious.

Start conversations surrounding your topic. Talk to people who are experts in the field you are researching.


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Embrace the messy process of trial and

error.Let your mind be free and open to failure. Don’t be afraid to start

over.


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Consult unlikely authorities.

Apply lessons learned from unrelated fields.


Look at the context of the problem.

Examine the societal and circumstantial influence on the problem.Study everything surrounding the issue and it will give you insight.

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Create an experiment.Play a game.

By setting up a context for others to express themselves and reveal secrets about a topic, it creates the opportunity for unexpected results.

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Throw something.

Tap into your primal instincts and your brain’s natural wiring. You have many facets to your abilities. Explore some ancient instincts.

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Find consistencies and trends.

Sort the findings and see what fits together. After assembling all the parts, start creating something.

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Reflect on the findings.

Mull it over. Stop gathering information and start finding conclusions.

If there are holes in findings, go back to step 2.

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Share the goods.

Make it public and invite feedback.

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Thesis Ideas.


Athletes who depend environmental conditions and their relationship time

management

I am studying athletes who rely on a specific weather condition (surfers who need waves and powder skiers who need snow) have a

different way of looking at the passage of time and time management skills.

I want to know how weather conditions create a hyper awareness of time in athletes and how the average person can tap into this.

This will help my reader create excitement and passion in their lives regardless of their athletic ability of skill.

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Art and Social Change

I want to study the way that art can draw attention to a subject and also transform the subject socially.

Because the power of a work of art can impact a community in a real way. This is in contrast of people who are exploited for

art’s sake.

Under privileged communities can benefit from having their story told through art work.

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Social interaction and surrounding environment

I am studying the effects of physical space on the emotional environment of a gathering of people.

I want to know how social situations and social interaction are influenced by the surrounding environment.

This will help my reader create environments that will nurture the kinds of social situations they desire. And influence the way events

are designed.

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