After Submitting my Ethics Form, I received some feedback from John:
“Good question and also big question! Researchers can often get stuck when their initial question is large-scale. It can be an easier process starting with a small intervention and then seeing all the larger domains and issues it is connected with.”
- This was definitely true in retrospect. Having gathered my data and interviewed 9 members of staff, I realised that the question itself is very broad and there are many ways in which I could’ve analysed it. However, I also believe, upon reflection, that the question is vague because of my uncertainty of where we stand within the department. Moving forward, I would select a smaller element, perhaps centred around small steps/logistics of what is currently being embedded within teaching and work with what’s already being implemented.
In reference to Section 5: “this whole section is thoughtfully designed. If you mention any of this in the presentation or questioning I think you can emphasise the ‘affective’ aspect of ‘risk’ which you where keen to take care of. And perhaps this affective dimension is therefore critical to the project as a whole?”
In reference to Section 6: “This is really interesting too as it highlights your positionality and context of the research – again that affective dimension, one description of that might be ‘uncertainty’, perhaps even ‘liminality’. Liminality in the sense that your role, and your relation with others has been made more fluid through the research question and the practice of research.”