Summary
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This handbook sets out the processes and products of ‘digital’ research. It is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Topics covered include: How to make research more accessible The use of search engines and other sources to determine the scope of work Research training for students What will theses, dissertations and research reports look like in ten years' time? The storing and archiving of such research Ethics and methodologies in the field Intercultural issues The editors focus on advances in arts- and practice-based doctorates, and their application in other fields and disciplines. The contributions chart new territory for universities, research project directors, supervisors and research students regarding the nature and format of graduate and doctoral work, as well as research projects. Written by experienced practitioners, this handbook is an essential reference for researchers, supervisors and administrators on how to conduct and evaluate research projects in a digital and multimodal age.
Researching in Conditions of Provisionality: Reflecting on the PhD in the Digital and Multimodal Era
Researching in Conditions of Provisionality: Reflecting on the PhD in the Digital and Multimodal Era
Introduction
Technologies come in all shapes. When they appear in the form of gadgets – ‘appliances’ – for the production and dissemination of messages, they attract attention, much more than the less ‘noticeable’ technologies of representation, such as speech, writing, image, gesture. This chapter deals with technologies of both kinds; and sets a consideration of both in their relation to research and ‘the PhD’ in the context of ‘the wider social’.
A question about the ‘standing’ and the characteristics of the PhD is at the same time a question about the function of research in relation to producing (academic/disciplinary) knowledge: the PhD has been – ...
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