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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Judy! Great question; thanks for posting it.<BR>
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But I'm a bit confused: are you referring to the overall structure of a research proposal? And if so, in what way(s) should it be different from a more positivist one?<BR>
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I'm thinking that a proposal for any kind of research would begin by developing the parameters of the research area (a.k.a. research question), pointing to the relevant epistemic community whose conversation the proposer wishes/intends to join (signalled typically through both terminology/concepts and citations), followed by a methods section.<BR>
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Is it in the latter area that you're seeking templates -- meaning, specifically, how one talks about research that is not based on hypotheses and their testing?<BR>
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Thanks in advance for the clarification,<BR>
Dvora<BR>
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Prof. dr. Dvora Yanow<BR>
Strategic Chair in Meaning and Method<BR>
Faculty of Social Sciences<BR>
Vrije Universiteit<BR>
De Boelelaan 1081<BR>
1081HV Amsterdam<BR>
THE NETHERLANDS<BR>
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d.yanow@fsw.vu.nl<BR>
webpage: english.fsw.vu.nl/Organization/index.cfm/home_subsection.cfm/subsectionid/8734A0A6-9F25-39C9-729E10151292879E<BR>
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From: interpretationandmethods-bounces@malagigi.cddc.vt.edu on behalf of Judy Brown<BR>
Sent: Sun 06-Jul-08 06:37<BR>
To: interpretationandmethods@malagigi.cddc.vt.edu<BR>
Subject: [Interpretationandmethods] Interpretive Masters/Phd Proposals<BR>
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Hi All<BR>
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I have just joined this list on my return from the (very stimulating) 3rd Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference at Essex University.<BR>
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I am keen to foster post-graduate students interested in undertaking Masters/PhDs using interpretive and critical methods. One challenge we have encountered is finding examples of interpretive/critical thesis proposals (traditionally most of the proposals presented have followed positivist templates).<BR>
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Would any list members be able to send me copies of interpretivist/critical thesis proposals or point me in the direction of any resources for writing up such proposals that I can pass on to students?<BR>
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I will, of course, also encourage students working in this area - one is about to start a PhD on information systems from an interpretive perspective - to join the list.<BR>
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Best regards<BR>
Judy Brown.<BR>
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Judy Brown<BR>
Professor of Accounting<BR>
School of Accounting and Commercial Law<BR>
Victoria University of Wellington<BR>
PO Box 600<BR>
Wellington<BR>
New Zealand<BR>
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