myblog | Miriam Elgon | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/20041110/activity/ Activity feed for Miriam Elgon. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:38:08 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 b49e571c759a8a8db0f5687448e1bf38 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=170 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:35:29 +0000 Good to Great

Jim Collins

Collins, J. (2001) Good to Great. London: Penguin Random House.

(Collins, 2001)

Arguing and unifying

You want ‘people who argue and debate –  sometimes violently – in purs […]

]]> 0 987a089cda4c2dddc49b9c02f3b8c444 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=168 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:34:46 +0000 Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What is Keeping us From Listening to One Another

Maria Popova

Popova, M. (2022) […]

]]> 0 2975c5c4d13a1c97303fb6a338195266 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=166 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:33:59 +0000 The Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work

Charles Feltman

Feltman, C. (2008) The Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work. Bend: Thin Book Publishing […]

]]> 0 dddcd3967eb3bab8f9fc2e34561696d0 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=165 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:33:17 +0000 Dare To Lead

Brene Brown

Brown, B (2018) Dare To Lead. London: Penguin Random House.

(Brown, 2018)

Emotions and Experience

‘Surface emotions and emotional experiences that people can’t art […]

]]> 0 da5587a1c4583843752d92fff2ca85dd Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=163 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:32:25 +0000 The Art of Gathering

Priya Parker

Parker, P. (2018) The Art of Gathering. London: Penguin Random House.

(Parker, 2018)

Negative Feelings and Subjects

‘Integration of the S […]

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Auto-Advance: The Art of the Slide Deck

Shannon Mattern

Mattern, S. (2020) ‘Auto-Advance: The Art of the Slide Deck’. Art in America, Vol 108 (2), pp.68 – 73.

Linda Dong: Keyno […]

]]> 0 545cc15e15b4ea9b98b89a65b150ec20 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=160 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:27:01 +0000 How do I analyse images and text?

Systemic Visuo-Textual Analysis: A Framework for Analysing Visual and Textual Data

Nicole Brown, Jo Collins

Brown, N., & Collins, J. (2021) ‘Systematic Visuo-Textual A […]

]]> 0 3f15d8be2699f9dfc8ff8a6b3fce2dbf Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=158 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:25:57 +0000 The value of different types of thematic analysis

An Experiential, Inductive TA Analysis: Report with Reflective Commentary

Suzy Anderson and Victoria Clarke

Anderson, S., Clarke, V. (2021) ‘An E […]

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Writing small discoveries: an exploration of fresh observers’ observations

Aksel H. Tjora

Tjora, A.H. (2006) ‘Writing small discoveries: an exploration of fresh observers’ obser […]

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Ways of analysing: From Reverie to Reality

Lesley Duxbury

Duxbury, L (2009) ‘Ways of analysing: From Reverie to Reality’. Available at: https […]

]]> 0 8887cdb69fe89263df8ae762ebd1cbf5 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=153 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:20:52 +0000 What are art-based projects like?

The Journal Project: Research at the Boundaries Between Social Sciences and the Arts

Judith Davidson

Davidson, J. (2011) ‘The Journal Project: Research at the B […]

]]> 0 af1c7a69e12b716f538a1c84867a0ce2 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=151 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:19:42 +0000 What is Autoethnography?

Autoethnography: An Overview

Carolyn Ellis, Tony E. Adams and Arthur P. Bochner

Ellis, C. Adams, T.E. and Bochner, A.P. (2011) ‘Autoethnography: An Overview’, Forum: Qua […]

]]> 0 0d881014701ef89ba7d40dc4af6b0e21 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=149 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:18:53 +0000 What is Qualitative Research? – Moral, Ethical, Political

Unfurling Rigor: On Continuity and Change in Qualitative Inquiry

Arthur P. Bochner

Bochner, A.P. (2018) ‘Unfurling Rigor: On Continuity and Cha […]

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The Death of Data in Neoliberal Times

Norman K. Denzin

Denzin, N. K. (2019) ‘The Death of Data in Neoliberal Times’, Qualitative Inqui […]

]]> 0 f037ac5f02b8aa727b856081184ddbc6 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=146 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:16:22 +0000 What is research? – Messy

The purpose of mess in action research: building rigour through a messy turn

Tina Cook

Cook, T. (2009) ‘The purpose of mess in action research: building rigour through a messy t […]

]]> 0 a8a4c9cfe8547ff870559b75a401cd8e Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=145 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:15:14 +0000 What is Action Research?

Action Research Introduction

Jean McNiff

McNiff, J (2022) ‘Action Research: Introduction the first edition’. Available at: https://www.jeanmcniff.com/ar-booklet.asp (Accessed at: […]

]]> 0 656f9d9c01fa194a356ca5ed37d51484 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=143 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:14:20 +0000 What is research?

What is my research?

Understanding the Research Onion

15 writers (2020) ‘Understanding the Research Onion’, Available at: https://15writers.com/research-onion/ (Accessed: 30th Sep […]

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Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide

Helen Kara

Kara, H (2015) Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide. Bristol: […]

]]> 0 2787d3e005552825e8fd1cc0c9dcb587 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=141 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:11:32 +0000 What does intentional mean in the context of my question?

Consciousness and Intentionality

Siewert, Charles, “Consciousness and Intentionality”, in Edward N. Zalta (ed.) The Stanford Encyclopedia of […]

]]> 0 3efbb4b5a16c2383664908fd379a49ea Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=139 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:09:25 +0000 What is a good research question?

Refining a Research Question (handout)

Refining a Research Question (handout) (2021) Available at: https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=63394 (Accessed: 27th […]

]]> 0 82ddec4a2fc8b6faf6776d5c46e741f9 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=137 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:08:14 +0000 What is the SIP?

Self-Initiated Project Unit Brief

SiP Unit Brief (PDF) (2021) Available at: https://moodle.arts.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=63394 (Accessed: 27th Sept)

‘It specifically seeks t […]

]]> 0 238356a36366fe0ffbe768d594ffa86f Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=135 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 21:30:27 +0000 Reflexivity Statement

Questions taken from:

Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide

Helen Kara

Kara, H (2015) Creative Research Methods in the Social Sciences: A Practical […]

]]> 0 6462bd60c8a8f67cd59d7d337f5aebc6 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=133 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:32:14 +0000 Workshops

Meshwork

Anthropology

Tim Ingold

Manuel DeLanda

Non-linear systems

Space actively created

A world that is constantly dynamic/changing rather than hierarchical/fixed

‘An u […]

]]> 0 5effa44cc09c9422fc052faaf2798203 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=131 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:31:25 +0000 Tutorials

1

Anna Howard

Michael Ho

Jason Henry

John O Reilly

Including positive and negative feelings

Silence

Icebreakers

John Vernon Lord  – Drawing during quality […]

]]> 0 e58132d8873ac405c34111f0729fe6d7 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=129 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:19:21 +0000 Parker, P. (2018) The Art of Gathering. London: Penguin Random House.

Brown, B (2018) Dare To Lead. London: Penguin Random House.

Feltman, C. (2008) The Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building […]

]]> 0 869ec9eb0d13608077c5bb1aa498c918 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=128 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:13:26 +0000 Values adapted from findings.

ValuesSupporting BehavioursPractice, protect and promote small expressions and actions of gratitude and care which build a culture of value and joy  Arrange meetings and agendas […]

]]> 0 52249927cb6d8f1b2464cf5c7098adf7 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=125 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:08:04 +0000 Tuesday 14th December

1 hour

I discussed some key themes from my analysis with my Course Leader (A) and Programme Director (B), to help me work out how to translate my learning into practice. The discussion […]

]]> 0 db97bc23c2854e01414b3b2802ab5ed9 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=123 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:06:33 +0000 When working out how to impact my practice I returned to my original question and sub-questions to develop a way to continue the ‘zig-zag process of continual review and re-adjustment’. (McNiff, 2022)

Can I m […]

]]> 0 f9dae0b5489e91a5e4b85f5ac324fd33 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=119 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:03:53 +0000 Analysing Experience: Issues

The shift to gathering and analysing my own experience, raised a number of questions about ‘validity’, quality and criteria – What makes this type of research good? Am I just mak […]

]]> 0 5eb0975ea4b15243a0f11f8a956ad476 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=117 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:02:09 +0000 These findings have enriched my learning in multiple areas. Themes 1 and 2 have helped me understand what needs to be protected and promoted, theme 3 has helped me understand what I need to generate and be honest […]

]]> 0 94ff873ebc34febda6738bf5b9e7c06d Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=115 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:48:47 +0000 Gathering Data: Changes

There were a number of changes from the original action plan. Below I detail what they were, why they happened.

Changes  Why?Successful? Unsuccessful? Issues?Didn’t record me […]

]]> 0 eb6621ab54ea4b5c638118dc25d95789 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=113 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:42:37 +0000 Ethics Email

This is the email I sent to people I was in meetings with during the focus week.

__________________________________________________________________

Hi all!

I have been conducting an […]

]]> 0 9362d9a74408a758a9b261ce6a4c194c Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=111 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:41:34 +0000 PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication

Self-initiated Project Ethical Enquiry Form

Participant name: Miriam Elgon

Cohort: A

Tutor name: Catherine Smith/John O’Reilly

Please d […]

]]> 0 6f9b97399e193427cf25770818cf28d4 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=109 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:39:54 +0000 Can you in a sentence describe ‘intentional’. And in a couple of sentences preamble, what is your ‘concern’ (in the language of AR).

Yes, done.

When I use  ‘intention’ I mean it as ‘deliberate’ […]

]]> 0 d6c4e79fc7878e221c816104b4641e8c Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=107 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:38:31 +0000 PgCert Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication

Self-initiated Project Ethical Enquiry Form

Participant name: Miriam Elgon

Cohort: A

Tutor name: Catherine Smith/John O’Reilly

Please d […]

]]> 0 e26025347f5b49777d20e3b3c63943ad Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=106 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:36:08 +0000 Choosing experience-based and arts-based methods

My use of these methods fits into a larger context where research has increasingly been becoming more ‘sensory and embodied.’ (Pink, 2015, p.1276 cited in Bro […]

]]> 0 e4f9e8d8568e623d12dca6f6feda0fff Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=102 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:33:11 +0000 Action Plan 2

1.Design

Reading and Planning

2. Gather

Recorded formal and informal meetings for one week

Kept a text and visual diary recording the experience of being in the meetings.

Text […]

]]> 0 28dce0a9d5c0422a51ed649dc61b6d0d Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=100 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:31:48 +0000 1.Record and Read

Record formal and informal meetings in a fixed period of time

Formal Meeting – Audio RecorderInformal Meetings and feelings about all meetings – Diary

(2 weeks)

Read abo […]

]]> 0 71dbacacd7c6c82589bcc7f1df49ba94 Miriam Elgon commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-14 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:08:17 +0000 Hi Serena!

Thank you so much for your warmth and comments as always, it means a lot. It’s so important to know that none of us are alone and I totally agree with your training idea.

I think it’s so com […]

]]> 9d83ae7736078953799bd8e6b3117f95 Miriam Elgon commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-13 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:07:20 +0000 Hi Anna!

Thank you so much for your comments and references, so useful and relevant for my subject. Cassandra Press has an ideal mixture of exciting visual material, meaningful ideas and a diverse and vibrant […]

]]> 5e923098db49b95a6588296983e34ebd Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=96 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:53:00 +0000 Books

hooks, b. (1994) Teaching To Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Abingdon: Routledge.

Friere, P. (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed. London: Penguin Random House.

Stone, D., Patton, B. […]

]]> 0 6be3da6f0ebd7c6ad6efbe6d9a5d7cac Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=94 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:40:36 +0000 ‘Dwell on uneasy feelings’

This seemed to be a deep lesson in how to move forward and instigate change. In the midst of so much that needs to be changed, this feels important to remember.

Shirley Anne Tat […]

]]> 0 b16007a5b46db748db1c922ac83c3bd9 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=93 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 12:39:31 +0000 Dealing with racism and aggression as an academic of colour

Aisha’s approach when tackling difficult classroom situation

I have been in this situation and it is invaluable to have an opportunity to r […]

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This seemed one of the most central and foundational element of the reflexive approach needed in this unit.

I am a mixed race, half Ugandan, half irish, cis gendered woman who grew […]

]]> 0 5d99b8ec41457ae0567426f516f9242c Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=90 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 17:19:16 +0000 It was so useful to get this feedback on my posts. It allowed me to build my knowledge around ideas like the nature of resistance, how beauty can work against prejudice and appropriation.

The dialogue of these […]

]]> 0 de1fcd82373ac0820757828db1e23574 Miriam Elgon commented on the post, Disability, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/05/02/disability/#comment-10 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:54:54 +0000 Hi Max!

Thank you so much for this!

You are so right that in highlighting the importance of financial and concrete remuneration being fed back into the community. Across art, design and culture, a recurring […]

]]> 4e392b50cd9413f80c009544e97ef3f7 Miriam Elgon commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-8 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:23:54 +0000 No worries! – Thank you so much for your feedback! So much appreciated. M

]]> 1f65ddf28071aef7d8ca0c0e3976efd2 Miriam Elgon commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-7 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:22:54 +0000 Hi Natalie!

I so much agree with what you say about Tyler Mitchell! I find his presentation of black experience radical and much needed. It works against prevalent dominant narratives of black lives as extreme […]

]]> f4a6e2f5045775a6cd863423ddc89982 Miriam Elgon commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-6 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 16:13:25 +0000 Hi Lucy!

Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments.

I think your discussion around the nature of white privilege is really insightful. Use of words like ‘dull’, ‘grinding’ and ‘banality’ give a real […]

]]> 31694dd806b4784a0326582ac2c73c51 Miriam Elgon wrote a new post on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=88 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:22:00 +0000 Engaging with other people’s blogs has provided not only a wealth of resources and perspectives but a feeling of support and solidarity. It has given me a sense of a community which I would like to continue and b […]

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