Online session with Module Three focus: The art of Noticing

We had two online sessions with ACI3633 (Module Three)  focus today. The general topic was 'research terms-what are you doing?' !! The session was really about how all the elements we use to design an inquiry in ACI3622 (Module Two) are actually manifesting in the inquiry process of ACI3633 (Module Three).

Now there were people from Module One and Two in both sessions which is great because these ideas are not secrets only to be discussed on ACI3633 !! And also great because what we are saying about the inquiry in ACI3633 inquiry is 'true' for the 'inquiry' into what your practice is/can be in ACI3611 Module One and the 'inquiry' into designing a practice-based research activity/inquiry in ACI 3622 (Module Two) . In other words its all connected.

So, where is analysis manifesting in your inquiry? - we talked about the relationship this has to noticing and reflecting on what is happening around you. Also analysis is manifesting in how the literature/art work reviews you do inform or shine new perspectives on things ...

We talked about how Method is manifesting in your inquiry - are you noticing how you are doing thing. Are you aware of what it is that you are doing? and that in what you are doing you are making choices. There is a method to what you are doing but it is important to notice and analyze what it is. Just like in ACI3611 you are peeling your practice away from the back ground noise of your training or circumstance, in the inquiry you are peeling your activity (what you are doing) away from the autopilot or assumptions of.... should be done.

We talked about how ethnography is manifesting in your inquiry - in this course you are central to what you are doing. Its about your practice. Noticing yourself and making a space for you to be present. This is not about being neutral (not bias) because from the perspective of this course you can not be non-bias. "Wherever you go, You come along too!" You can only see through your eyes but you can imagine, empathize, notice consider other perspectives = reflection. In the inquiry the learning is in the reflection not finding  something that will tell you what to think!!!

We talked about how methodology is manifesting in your inquiry - The philosophy behind why you are doing things the way you are doing them.

We talked about how ethics is in everything, not isolated.

Overall we talked about noticing things

People are posting about:
The significance of You - see ethnography ....
Ethnography and method can disclose methodology
Methods = looking at/taking note of how you are doing things
Notice everything - keep reflecting
(personally I feel noticing can make you quite raw so hand-in-hand with it is to forgiving yourself)
Nothing is waisted  it is all part of (the) process
Analysis - critical thinking can be happening all the time.

Please 'notice' the glossaries at the end of the handbooks and start to add words and add to the meanings that are there so that you start to develop your own understanding of the language we are using.

Please comment below 

Module One focus session: Practice (peeling your practice away from the background noise of...)

We looked at what we could mean by Practice:

peeling it away from the background noise of your training, what you have had to do because xyz, what other people have told you are rather than what you see your direction as, the restrictions of work or organizations,....

We talked about how we are seeing your practice as fluid... changing as you find yourself in different situations, over time etc...

We looked at elements that contribute to what we are calling your practice - what you have learnt since formal training, what is 'self' learnt, or gleaned on the job/in action.

What are discourses in your field that around about things you value or contribute to shaping your practice.

We made connections between understanding your own learning style - as part of understanding and recognizing what you have learnt (AOLs) and also as a way to support your further learning now and across your professional career.

We made connections between using the Three lens in the handbook to help notice and give form to your practice. and also as a way to talk about it i.e. talk about your practice through reflecting on it, looking at what your networks are, seeing how you communicate and present it and yourself.

We said practice is not just the title of the job you do, it is deeper including what you value...

We saw how the 'diagram' maps out your practice, values, landscape, objects , discourses. How it might be a starting point to the essay rather than the other way around. 

We made lots of connections across all the elements of the Module ...please look at the comments below to see some connections people in the conversations made. 

All this is critical thinking - critically thinking about your context, your construct of what you do. 

Skype session: Research terms - what are you doing?

This Tuesday October 2nd, we have Skype sessions with a Module Three [ACI 3633] focus. Anybody from any Module is welcome but we will be talking about ideas and learning highlighted in Module Three activity.

We will be discussing: research terms- what are you doing?

These will be at:

12:30pm (time in London)

or

5pm (time in London)

Comment below to indicate which one you will attend and share relevant thinking/doing you have been mulling, reflecting on.

Netiquette

Useful link for discussing/outlining etiquette for using the net. 
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

Tuesday discussion ...

Tuesday (am) discussion group went well. We talked about a range of things making connections across ideas. The discussion groups are a place to ‘find your voice’. People in the group will be posting short blog posts on things that felt resonated with them and will put links in the comments below.

Here is a list of points people made to summarise the important moment in the conversation, explore the blogs to hear more:

Sometimes things click when you don’t look too hard.

Explore the blog network…

Teaching ideas and research about ‘Hands on and Hands off’ makes one realise there is a lot of discussion (discourse) about your practice that you might not been a part of or been aware of.

Some people will share their general notes from the conversation

About the blogs

We are now a network – a learning community

Not waiting for the ‘energetic beginning’ or permission to start – interact…

It is ok to have questions (great even)

Everything is relevant to all three modules

Ethics within networks (also the differences between ethical procedures (rules) and ethical considerations (the flow of how you engage with things).

Don’t be shy and finding your voice

Technique and /or interpretation - on being told what to do

Not being told what to do – how to stay motivated

I felt a lot of the conversation was about how we locate ourselves in the places we work, the ideas we encounter, the networks we engage with. I think about this often also in terms of how willing we are to forgive ourselves – How willing we are to hear our own voice, to own our own mistakes or misunderstandings and our own wonderful moments of being a part of everything in a good way. How willing we are to dive in, listen, be kind, share and be ok with changing what we would have done when we look back on it. Learning seems to be part of what nurtures this. and it resonates with ideas about what 'professional' can mean... What do you think? comment below and follow the links other people leave too…

Skype session: Seeing your practice and seeing yourSelf

This Monday October 1st we have Skype sessions with a Module One [ACI3611] focus. Anybody from any Module is welcome but we will be talking about ideas and learning highlighted in Module One activity.

We will be discussing Seeing your practice and seeing yourSelf

These will be at:

12:30pm(time in London)

or

5pm (time in London)

Comment below to indicate which one you will attend and share relevant thinking/doing you have been mulling, reflecting on.