Dear Filippo and others,
I would love to see a thesis as "only" concept maps or one of 55 000 really small (or gigantic), but very pretty (or unpretty) pictures......
....if they truly and thouroughly contributed - similarly to any weighty tome that does.
Why not.
...alongside more known sources that cover and discuss these themes:
Somerset, Bronte Jean. 2008. Thoroughly modern theses : exploring the phenomenon of theses with multiple forms of media. Thesis (PhD). Available at: http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2100/636/91/02front.pdf
J. G. Knowles, S. Promislow, & A. L. Cole, (Eds.). 2008. Creating Scholartistry: Imagining the Arts-informed Thesis or Dissertation (Vol. 4, Arts-informed Inquiry Series). Halifax, NS & Toronto, ON: Backalong Books & the Centre for Arts-informed Research.
Best Wishes,
Daria
PS I think I can visualize the blank stares - they are likely to be quite similar to those I got years back when I declared I wanted to submit a PhD as a suitcase :-)
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From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Filippo A. Salustri
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I had a Master's student a few years ago who wanted to write his thesis
as only concept maps. Since his thesis was on visualizing information,
I thought that would have been marvellous. However, in engineering
(where both I and my student work(ed)), that would not have gone over
well at all. You should have seen the blank stares I got from
engineering colleagues when I bounced this idea off them.
C'est la vie.
Cheers.
Fil
Will Stahl-Timmins wrote:
> I asked one of my supervisors last night, over a few drinks, whether I
> could submit my thesis in the form of 55 000 really small, but very
> pretty pictures, instead of the corresponding number of words, but he
> didn't seem overly impressed with the idea. I'll see if interpretative
> dance works any better next time.
>
> Thanks, David :)
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> On 12 Dec 2008, at 19:02, David Durling wrote:
>
>> Long term PHD-DESIGNers will remember debates here about innovative
>> ways of disseminating the results of PhD research. Topics have
>> included artefacts, talking [and non-talking] pots, a panoply of
>> multimedia techniques, websites, research exhibitions, creative
>> writing etc.
>>
>> Now the scientists are showing us the way. The weighty tome is not
>> exactly under threat, but it is certainly challenged.
>>
>> Enjoy.
>>
>> http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/1120/2
>>
>> David
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