Tag Archives: “conversation mapping”

Supervision meeting three

After my meeting with Ann, Stephen was aware of my difficulties in projecting a structure of research that is worthy of PhD. I talked about the areas I had worked on: case studies; different technologies and ways of looking at … Continue reading

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The nature of deliberation

I have been fascinated to read articles by Ann Macintosh and many others describing the importance of deliberation in contributions used to formulate policy. Ann has summarised clearly the academic consensus on issues of individual voice versus expert opinion and … Continue reading

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Notes from below the surface…

I have so far consumed Judith Donath’s work on internet chat modelling and forum chat mapping (Loom)  as well as reading an awful lot about Warren Sack’s Conversation Map tool. Although both are highly tailored to the threaded and headered … Continue reading

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Meeting my supervisor

I was a little bit nervous before my first meeting with my PhD supervisor, Stephen Coleman. When I last spoke to him I had a fistful of hastily scribbled ideas and a rough draft proposal. Having spent the last 5 … Continue reading

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