Rebecca's BAPP Blog

 I just wanted to write a quick blog on how gathering my surveys is going. I'm finding some of the answers very interesting with some being aspects I have not considered yet. I wonder if/how this will affect my inquiry in the end as I imagine it will lead to slightly different findings in my analysis than what I expected when it comes to it. Recruiting participants has been easier than expected- having danced from a young age I have almost accidentally developed a strong network of various different dancers who have taken their careers on many different paths, so looking for people to ask was relatively simple. One slight concern I have so far is that no one has provided their email for a follow up interview yet. There's time for that to change still, but I may need to rethink my research methods a little in preparation for potentially not being able to conduct interviews. Fingers crossed I won't have to! How are you finding your initial research?

 I can't believe it's time to start Module 3 already! It feels good to be at the stage of putting everything we have worked on in the course into action finally. That being said (as I have with each module) I am definitely experiencing some start of module uncertainty.  Although I think I've got a decent grasp of what I need to do in this module, I feel somewhat stuck in terms of where in particular to start. After reading blogs from a few others in our module, the main starting places seem to be re-reading the essays from Module 2 and getting stuck into literature surrounding chosen topics. I'll certainly give them a go! A couple of points from my feedback I need to keep in mind throughout Module 3 are to ensure I am thinking through all aspects of the ethics as it is essentially the baseline of my whole investigation. I need to avoid getting to caught up in all the methodology too much without focusing on the subject itself. I also need to be careful when addressing o...