THEORY: Research

Research - investigation and information retrieval
Discover - Interpret and develop understanding

The Knowledge Map
-Relationships
-Detail
-Background Information
-Current Opinions

Basic Research (Divergent Thinking)
Exploratory, Curiosity, Intuition
Without any pratical end.

Applied Research (Convergence)
Specific subject, question, image or designer
Generate keywords and statistics (Isolation, Socialisation, Games)

Historical Research
Primary resources (seen at first hand)
Secondary sources (Histories written)
May need to contextualise "Who speaks"

Descriptive And Phenomenoloical Research
Data gathering (Research subject)
Interpretations and descriptions (lookoing at phenomena)
Rigorous and systematic (speak as if for the first time)
STOP AND LOOK AT WITH FRESH EYES!

Visual Research
Observations
Contrast and compare (Like for like!)
Collect images
What are you looking for
Ask questions about your research

Philosophical Research
A "felt" difficulty (how can free speach be)
Hypothesis ( How can freedom exist without non-freedom)
A logical constraint that needs to be removed
Consideration of the implication of this research.

Framing The Question
Choose the subject (identify an area of interest)
The more in interests you the better!
Note down any ideas u have as they come to you...

Research Needs
Parameters
Objects of enquiry (People, designers etc...)
Conext(Theories, debates, histories)

Checklist Of Activities
Concepts
Possible theoretical frameworks
objects of enquiry
Possible hypothesis

Reading Techniques
Skimming (Headlines)
Scanning (Rapid Search)
Readinging to understand

Reading Critically
Questioning the content and its reliability/bias

Internet
Reference sources
Bias/Vested Interest
Detailed/General
Out Of Date
Youtube.Com - lectures/Films (European Graduate School Channel)
Forums/Blogs
Use The Library!

Libraries & Learning Resource Centres
Just because the books title does not match your search it does not mean that it will not be useful
Read the index page
Athens
E-Books
Mintel (On Athens for statistics)

Intervies
Structured (Prepared questions)
Face to face, telephone or e-mail
Non-leading questions

Questionaires
REALLY WELL DONE OR NOT AT ALL!
Anonymity
Explain its purpose
Simple questions
The more people the better

Bibliographs
Do it once for every paper you read
Do it as you read/use it