I saw a presentation at TQR 2014 written by Chris Brkich and Tim Barko (only Brkich was there to present) providing some background and excerpts from a paper written essentially in the form of a poem. The paper itself is titled: "Fictive reality: Troubling our notions of truth and data in Iambic Pentameter" and it was published in Critical Methodologies (2013, 13, doi: 10.1177/1532708613487869).
It was impressively clever but mostly I saw it as brave and courageous. Although the initial inspiration might have been more about being impressively clever, or even poking a little fun at 'serious' research, what I took away from the performance/presentation was: it was good; it was entertaining; the authors made some valid points.; It also inspired me to find and read the published work, something I probably would not have done had it been a 'normal' paper. Earlier this week, I took a look at some information about the background of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. I was curious about where he had come from, since I did not know that much about him. (To be fair, I have followed only NCAA football closely for the past several years, pretty much ignoring the NFL.) One of the things that I read was that Carroll found more success when he decided to coach his team the way he wanted; in essence he decided to follow his heart as a coach. This I saw as another brave and courageous thing to do and it obviously paid off the other night when the Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII (and, yes, I knew how to make 48 in Roman numerals without peeking). I am considering taking a risk in a paper that I am writing. Because I like writing and reading and literature, I often have an impulse to approach even academic papers (and, let's face it, that is mostly what I am writing these days) with a little more style than is the norm (although not, I am afraid, with as much panache as Brkich and Barko demonstrated in their work). Unfortunately, I only tend to imagine things I 'would' write if only I could. But, maybe it is finally time for a little bravery and courage in my writing. I made the miniature lion (he's about 4 inches tall) pictured above several years ago, to imitate a full sized (more like 18 inches tall) stuffed animal I made to give awa
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AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
February 2024
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