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Hi Alan,
Personally, my take on the whole CMO thing, is that CMOs are “just” a tool to think with, to help the researcher in her task of organising her thoughts,
with programme theory development and refinement. I think they’re an aid to producing knowledge.
I also think that as realist approaches are an
approach to understanding and explaining complex phenomena, and not a method per se, then they are open to both flex and interpretation.
This is a good thing, but our human tendency is to want certainty, which the CMO configuration can (?mistakenly) offer. That’s why I think sometimes it gets the airtime it does.
I am hopeful that there will be use of CMOs in work presented at the conference, as I think the CMO is a useful construct when used in the task of
producing knowledge (rather than an end in itself), but like you, I also hope there will be opportunities to reflect on different ways that scientific realism can be interpreted and used.
For my part, I will be running a session on a realist approach in ethnography, and currently I think it would be quite unlikely that would only focus on CMOs.
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Becky.
From: Realist and Meta-narrative Evidence Synthesis: Evolving Standards
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Alan Taylor
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Hi All,
Thanks for the notice on the workshops. Can I ask a frank question?
I do not find the rigid Context-Mechanism-Outcome formula very useful. It is too static for me to help explain the struggles that take
place over and within contexts, mechanisms and outcomes. Nevertheless the (critical) realist approach is an advance that should be valued.
Given this I am wondering if attendance at the CARES conference or workshops would be worth the investment in time and money if only
the strict CMO approach is going to be the main theme, or will there be opportunities to explore challenges and development of these methods?
Any views would be most welcome!
Regards,
Alan Taylor
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Subject: CARES 2016 - Registration now open!
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2nd International CARES Conference and can be accessed via the University of Liverpool's online store:
ttp://payments.liv.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=70
if the link doesn't work type:
http://payments.liv.ac.uk
and then 'Conferences &Events' and then 'Events at Liverpool' and then 'CARES'
For Professionals - a reminder that early bird prices end on July 15th.
For Students - the student rate is deeply discounted and there are only 80 spaces. It is in your best interest to register early!
For fee information, please visit the on-line store, or
www.liv.ac.uk/cares.
The CARES conference planning committee has assembled a diverse range of pre-conference workshops and a post-conference day to be held at the University of Liverpool, London Campus. Please see attached file for workshop descriptions - and please feel free to
circulate in your networks.
Note that you can register for the pre-conference day even if you are not planning on attending the conference - click on 'pre-conference day only' when registering through the on-line store.
Information and special rates for hotel accommodation around the venue will be announced soon! stay tuned...
sincerely,
Justin
2nd International Conference on Realist Evaluation and Synthesis:
Advancing Principles, Strengthening Practice
October 2nd - 6th, 2016
University of Liverpool, London Campus
Barbican Conference Centre
London
Justin Jagosh, Ph.D
Senior Research Fellow
Centre for Advancement in Realist Evaluation and Synthesis (CARES)
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
www.liverpool.ac.uk/cares