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SAGE PUBLISHING Sage Handbook Of Digital Dissertations And Theses 2012 Edition by Andrews
This handbook sets out the processes and products of 'digital' research. It is a theoretical and practical guide on how to undertake and navigate advanced research in the arts, humanities and social sciences.Topics covered include:- how to make research more accessible- the use of search engines and other sources to determine the scope of work- research training for students - what will theses, dissertations and research reports look like in ten years' time?- the storing and archiving of such research- ethics and methodologies in the field- intercultural issuesThe editors focus on advances in arts and practice-based doctorates, and their application in other fields and disciplines. The contributions chart new territory for universities, research project directors, supervisors and research students regarding the nature and format of Masters and doctoral work, as well as research projects. This handbook is an essential reference for researchers, supervisors and administrators on how to conduct and evaluate research projects in a digital and multimodal age. Richard Andrews is Professor in English, Faculty of Children and Learning, Institute of Education.Erik Borg is a Senior Lecturer at Coventry University's Centre for Academic Writing.Stephen Boyd Davis is Research Leader in the School of Design, Royal College of Art.Myrrh Domingo is Visiting Assistant Professor in English Education and Literacy Education at New York University.Jude England is Head of Social Sciences at the British Library. Introduction - Richard Andrews, Erik Borg, Stephen Boyd Davis, Myrrh Domingo and Jude EnglandPART ONE: INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVESThe Thesis: Texts and Machines - Erik Borg and Stephen Boyd DavisNew Forms of Dissertation - Richard Andrews and Jude EnglandThe Role of Doctoral and Graduate Schools - Richard P.J. Freeman and Andrew TolmieDigital Literacies for the Research Institution - Helen Beetham, Allison Littlejohn and Colin MilliganPART TWO: STUDENT PERSPECTIVESMedia Systems, Multimodality and Post-Humanism - Lesley GourlayReframing the Performing Arts - Zoe Beardshaw AndrewsComplexity Theory - June Elizabeth ParnellRe-Imagining the Conditions of Possibility of a PhD Thesis - Jude FransmanTraditional Theses and Multimodal Communication - Dylan Yamada-RicePART THREE: ETHICAL AND INTERCULTURAL ISSUESEthics and Representation - Bronwyn T. Williams and Mary Brydon-MillerCopyright Managment Approaches - Brian Fitzgerald and Damien O'BrienUnderstanding Identity Representations in Multimodal Research - Pauline Hope CheongThe Social Life of Digital Texts in Multimodal Research - Myrrh DomingoPART FOUR: MULTIMODALITY,INCLUDING THE REPRESENTATION AND PRESENTATION OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONSResearching in Conditions of Provisionality: Reflecting on the PhD in the Digital and Multimodal Era - Gunther KressPractice-as-Research in Music Performance - Mine Dogantan-DackTranslating Lydia Cabrera: A Case Study in Digital (Re)Presentation - Anna-Marjatta MilsomDisciplinary 'Specificity' and the Digital Submission - Susan MelroseDigits and Figures: A Manual Drawing Practice and Its Modes of Reproduction - Juliet MacDonaldPART FIVE: ARCHIVING, STORAGE AND ACCESSIBILITY IN THE DIGITAL AGEThe Research Catalogue: A Model for Dissertations and Theses - Michael SchwabThe Changing Role of Library and Information Services - Joanna NewmanAnimating the Archive - Martin RieserEstablishing the Cybertextual in Practice-Based PhDs - Lisa StansbiePART SIX: RESEARCH METHODSA Modern PhD: Doctoral Education in Australian Universities in Digital Times - Ilana Snyder and Denise BealeHow Changes in Representation Can Affect Meaning - Amy Alexandra WilsonResearching Adoloscents' Literacies Multimodally - Lalitha Vasudevan and Tiffany DeJaynesImplication for Research Training and Examination for Design PhDs - Joyce S.R. YeeUncaged Boxed-up - Ralf Nuhn Index