Meeting with Rob Newell to discuss philosophical framework of thesis based on text previously emailed. Interesting that what I have been thinking/feeling/saying about what is and isn’t real is core to much philosophy – so my practice which has been developing the importance to me of experiential learning (Rob suggests this is similar to a phenomenological approach) has lead me to explore these questions more deeply. The tutorial also allowed me to explore and voice ideas about the “shape” of my research – the theory and practice, the simultaneous broadening and widening of community engagement. I was taken by an egg-timer shape, with me holding it at the neck and choosing when to turn it – it was the shape that seemed to reflect how I felt the relationship should be – the introduction of tension, contrast, dynamism. Serendipitously, the Drawing Research Network had thrown-up a diagram of DNA as a description of the resonance between theory and practice. Thanks Nina Baker and Karen Wallis.
We also discussed the work shown on this site, particularly the “tree map” video.
