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PhD Proposal Presentation [Feb 2017]

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Kate

As part of our proposal deliberation, today we had to present to each other and supervisors the direction of our PhDs. Although it was only a five minute presentation followed by Q&As, it felt stressful for all of us who aren’t really sure what we are going to do. I also realised when I was thinking about what I wanted to present that I really do need more than 5 minutes.

The  researchers made comments and asked questions of us, some of them difficult, but I don’t think that is a bad thing. I ended up really enjoying it (if that is the right word) because this was the first time that I felt that I had to defend my research. Besides, it’s all part of the process and I am thankful that I am doing it with a bunch of other [awesome] people so we can keep each other motivated and pumped – I’m pretty sure that I was scaring some people with motivational high fives today.

So after I have some more formal feedback, I’ve got to knuckle down and write it up into a formal proposal, eeep! 🙂

Comments and things to think about:

  • The ethical considerations/societal benefits of company access to online  community support data (i.e. when medicine/benefits are being abused etc)
  • What participatory action research might look like, what will be an appropriate method to understanding the whole picture from the participants
  • Whether identity plays a role in online communities: are there movers and shakers who might influence particular kinds of sharing practices etc.
  • What the digital interventions might look like

My slides from today can be found here.

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