{"id":7258,"date":"2010-06-04T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/i-search-and-qu\/"},"modified":"2010-06-04T10:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T10:25:00","slug":"i-search-and-qu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/04\/i-search-and-qu\/","title":{"rendered":"I-Search and Quantified Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><p>I am 70-percent committed to a plan for <i>ENGL326: Research Writing<\/i> this fall revolving around research networks. I&#8217;ve been reading over the syllabus and materials Geof Carter generously shared with me from a similar class he taught at SVSU recently. The basic idea here is to begin with a <i>key<\/i> (or <i>keyless<\/i>, as circumstances warrant) scholarly article in a given field of study (i.e., the student&#8217;s declared major, probably) and then trace linkages from the article to\/through the various places (inc. schools of thought), times, affinities (inspirational sources, pedigree\/halo re: terminal degree), and semantic fields (inc. contested terms) out of which it was written.&nbsp; We will probably adopt a workshop model, maybe use <a href=\"http:\/\/cmap.ihmc.us\/conceptmap.html\">CMap Tools<\/a> for representing these research yarns, develop reading and research logs in something semi-private, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/penzu.com\/\">Penzu<\/a>, and, if things go well, lay some groundwork for a relatively focused going over of what entails &#8220;research&#8221; in their respective areas while also doing a lot of reading and writing, including some sort of an update or response to the first article. We could even write those in <a href=\"http:\/\/etherpad.com\/\">Etherpad<\/a> for the way it lets us present a document&#8217;s evolution as video (video which invites a layer of commentary and reflection, a\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ads I imagine it possibly working out). If this sounds like June thinking for a class that starts in September, well, <i>it is<\/i>. Anyway, what good is early summer if not for breezily mulling things over?<\/p>\n<p>Now, had I to begin again, I might create a different version of <em>Research Writing<\/em> tied in with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quantifiedself.com\/\">Quantified Self<\/a> stuff. Monday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kk.org\/quantifiedself\/2010\/05\/the-unreasonable-effectiveness.php?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+QuantifiedSelf+%28The+Quantified+Self%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">entry<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sethroberts.net\/\">Seth Roberts&#8217;<\/a> work reminded me about this. Here is a small slice of Roberts&#8217; article abstract, which is posted on <i>The QS blog<\/i>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My subject-matter knowledge and methodological skills (e.g., in data analysis) improved the distribution from which I sampled (i.e., increased the average amount of progress per sample). Self-experimentation allowed me to sample from it much more often than conventional research. Another reason my self-experimentation was unusually effective is that, unlike professional science, it resembled the exploration of our ancestors, including foragers, hobbyists, and artisans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the QS projects <i>are<\/i> rooted in quantification, they are not exactly bound to traditional science or notions of experimentation and measurement for public good.&nbsp; Instead, they assume a useful blend between quantitative tracking and personal knowledge.&nbsp; I don&#8217;t have in mind a QS-based research <i>writing<\/i> class concerned so much with &#8220;optimal living&#8221; or with diet and exercise, although I guess there&#8217;s no good reasons these things should be excluded from possibilities.&nbsp; I&#8217;m thinking more along the lines of Quantified Self meets McLuhan&#8217;s media inventories meets Macrorie&#8217;s I-Search.&nbsp; The class would inquire into data tracking, narrating spreadsheets, rhetorics\/design of data visualization, and the epistemological bases of the sciences, while it &#8220;grabs hold of the word &#8216;authority&#8217; and shakes it to find out what it means&#8221; (Macrorie, &#8220;Preface&#8221;). 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