This is a space where UIUC SPI participants in the Summer 2013 Research Methods and Writing Seminar engage each other as researchers, intellectuals and members of a cross disciplinary knowledge producing community.
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Research Writing Family
I would to start out by saying I truly enjoy everybody in my research family. However, I am not a fan of trying to tie our topics together. It seems like the SPI students last year mapped out there own research interest and were able to almost make a road map for the years to come. I was extremely excited to be able to do that this summer but instead I am pulling at "strings" trying to make a connection between very different topics.
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I know how you feel but even if it seems frustrating at first I believe that the point is to try something different from what we are acostumed to. We may not be able to do true interdisplinary research this summer but we can surely take it as a chance to explore outside and inside your discipline for unexpected connections.
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Yes, I feel you on this one. We're pulling at a bunch of completely disconnected strings and creating a giant knot (SPI group projects) instead of a beautiful tapestry (real, organic interdisciplinarity).
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