1) A catchall for writing and ideas that may be included in a final, more traditional, dissertation.
2) A space to discuss with colleagues and committee members hang-ups, developing ideas, and analysis methods
3) A place to try things out with some accountability
Currently, I have:
1) Used StudioCode to revisit each of my 36 families' interviews from December 2007
2) Used StudioCode to meticulously account for what each family drew during their interview. I now know what was drawn by person, age, family, and time. Most of what people drew was exhibits. They also drew the store, the line to get in, the ticket counter, the cafe, the coffee cart, the bathrooms, and their parking spot (but only when they managed to get a really good one).
2) Aggregated all the information I have about each family into one document that includes: notes I took while interviewing, notes I took while transcribing, information from the demographic interivews, information about the video files (length, location), and some basic information from analysis of their drawings (# of people, # of items drawn).
3) Transcribed the interview portions of each drawing interview in StudioCode, and exported these files to excel to work on developing a comprehensive coding scheme.
4) Developed a database in JMP statistical software for analyzing the macro trends in the data (who drew what, what is happening across families, etc).
5) Trained (coaxed really) baby Obe to sit on a playmat behind my desk and play with his toys for periods up to 45 minutes.
6) Begun developing a cognitive framework with which to present my literature review on museums (this warrents a future blog post all on its own).
7) Revisited my research questions and developed what, at best, might be called a chaotic matrix that matches analysis with questions being answered.
8) Looked in detail at 6 interviews and written narrative accounts of the conversation from which to 'winnow' the important themes and directions taken by my participants.
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