OUGD501 - Research and Epistemology lecture

This lecture was useful as it helped me think about a way to propose my essay question and introduced me to different ways of researching.

Ontology
The philosophical analysis of what is a fact or can be known, the conceptualisation of existing knowledge that can be known.

Epistemology
The philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how we can know something, these are opinions.

Methodology (approaches)

• Literature review
• Case study
• Action Research

Methodology (Techniques)

• ·      Interviews
• ·      Observations
• ·      Questionares
• ·      Drawing
• ·      Making
• ·      Recording

Methodology (analysis)

• ·      Theme
• ·      Frequency
• ·      Discourse
• ·      Cross sectional
• ·      Causal
• ·      Comparative

Methodology (interpretation)

• ·      Evaluation
• ·      Reflection
• ·      Justification
• ·      Claims
• ·      Inferences
• ·      Application
• ·      Communication
• ·      Interpreting our research