Hidden Pleasures in Products- My Dissertation Title.
October 20, 2007
DISCOVRING HIDDEN PLEASURES IN TECHNOLGOY RELATEDRODUCTS.
An ethnographic study investigating ‘late majorities’ experiences and interactions, with technology-related products in relation to Lionel Tigers framework of pleasure.
I have been working on my dissertation, and have left my theme and topic quite open. I have attached my PDF submission. Watch this space for insights into my ethnography.
Hi Ben-
Saw your response to Geriatric1927 “Help for the Elderly” on YouTube. I am also very interested in this theme, and in knowing more about the EU directive you mentioned. It seems that the Europeans are ahead of us in recognizing that there needs to be more room on Web 2.0 for the elders. The original 2 videos, and the responses such as yours, stimulated my doing a piece tonight on my own blog. I embedded your video and talked a bit about you. Hope you check it out at the URL above. I’m in my final year at Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in Vancouver Canada.
Comment by Nancy Strider — January 29, 2008 @ 1:58 am
Hi Ben-
thanks for your comment and the reference to the EU site that describes the legislation for i2010. I just added it to the body of my posting. In the links sidebar I’ve also put another couple of sites I found on the subject, which I found when I did a bit more of a search. Nice to be in touch.
Comment by Nancy Strider — January 29, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
Hey, thanks for the comments over at B&A, Ben… and this looks really fascinating. Such a rich dissertation topic!
Comment by Andrew Hinton — March 4, 2008 @ 10:19 am
Before you begin to think about possible topics for Dissertation investigation, make sure you are clear in your own mind about what a Dissertation is. You will be familiar with the principles of essay writing, the most common form of academic writing, but it is worth reviewing briefly what an essay is really designed to do, and looking at how a dissertation may echo but also differ from a standard Essay
Different subject disciplines may emphasise different features, but, broadly speaking, an essay is a continuous piece of writing, arranged in clearly demarcated paragraphs, in which an argument (a clear line of thought) is developed, in response to a central question or proposition (thesis). The line of argument is supported by evidence you have acquired through research, which you are required to analyse, and which supports or contradicts the various perspectives explored in the course of that argument. The essay then reaches a conclusion in the final section, which pulls together the threads of your argument, supporting, qualifying or rejecting the original Dissertation.
It is worth bearing in mind that an academic essay is not a piece of writing designed to reproduce information available elsewhere, but something new and expressive of your individual abilities to analyse and synthesise.
In addition, the process of academic writing will, of itself, help you to learn, by enabling you to work with concepts and information relevant to your subject, and thereby developing your intellectual skills.
Comment by Steve Jones — February 6, 2010 @ 12:45 pm