{"id":1318,"date":"2018-07-18T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2018-07-18T16:16:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:16:18","slug":"design-star-methods-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/design-star-methods-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Star Methods Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the last two years we&#8217;ve hosted a research methods day for the AHRC funded\u00a0Centre for\u00a0Doctoral Training \u00a0&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designstar.org.uk\" >Design Star<\/a>&#8216;. This year we focused on exploring the relationship between ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies in our own research \u00a0&#8230; through the\u00a0making of personal &#8216;thinking positions&#8217; pyramids and placing them on a landscape describing different\u00a0paradigms of approaching research, knowledge and methods. Some great conversations had by all across the day. A particular thanks should go to two great doctoral presentations from the OU&#8217;s Dr Byron Qually (skyping in from Cape Town) presenting work on &#8216;The transdisciplinary imperative: overstepping boundaries and crossing s\/words&#8217; from his\u00a0recent PhD; and Brighton University&#8217;s Giovanni\u00a0Marmont, there in person, talking about his perceptions of &#8216;Methodological Ensembles&#8217;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1321\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1321\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids2-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids2-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids2.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exploring ontology and epistemology landscapes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1320\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pyramids.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">personal views on knowledge, research trajectories and learning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last two years we&#8217;ve hosted a research methods day for the AHRC funded\u00a0Centre for\u00a0Doctoral Training \u00a0&#8216;Design Star&#8216;. 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