Marj - I insist on this distinction - it helps for clarity in defining the project - I tell students that method is like a step by step recipe and methodolgy is more conceptual - providing a rationale for the step by step combination of method tools - that includes theoretical framework, philosophical foundations/approach and conversation with related literature (however interdisciplinary) and the process through which the site will be examined and understood. r On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Marj Kibby <Marj.Kibby@newcastle.edu.au>wrote:
Has the distinction between method and methodology disappeared?
I tell my media students that: A research method is the tool or tools that we use to make sense of a text/audience/institution - broadly ethnography. or observation and interview eg. A research methodology is the rationale for the project design; a combination of the philosophical approach, the supporting theory and the research method.
Is use different in different places, or has 'method' disappeared? If so what do we now call 'methodology'?
Regards, Marj
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