Let's continue our wonderful discussion of the many topics, issues, concerns, and questions driving our research and teaching initiatives, answering the call of the final session: "WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?" Because many of have traveled from different corners of the world, I hope that we can continue our collaboration here, via email and over the phone to nurture our partnerships and cultivate our research endeavors.
Perhaps we can begin with the question:
What did you take away from this conference that will contribute to your own work?
2 comments:
Without chewing on your question to much, allowing for some spontaneity in my answer. I would start by saying as a novice researcher, i feel like I sometimes have to learn the same thing over and over, before being confident enough to apply whatever it may be. Applying knowledge correctly is not easy, often it seems to me the seperation between big things such as paradigms as an example lies in small, intercrate detail and being so inexperienced, I often confuse and wrongly use... How wonderful it was though to see how people use the same research methods, paradigms etc. and how it was applied in a different study, allowing me to draw on similarities and make necessary connections, witihn a matter of minutes. ultimately I have written down key phrases, words, authors and concepts, which I can google and explore at length.
without overlooking the power of networking, i must conclude to say I was impressed and moved by each presentation. Well done to everyone involved.
Regards,
Martha (Mart-Mari) Tait
The third symposium convened by the Center for Visual Methodologies for Social Change, 26-27 February 2009, held at the Killie Campbell Africana Museum, once again brought together amazing researchers and their research, creating the space to initiate or continue with partnerships. The learning from each researcher's research ase well as hearing the individual voices strengthens our conviction that the African saying: "If you want to walk fast, walk alone, but if you want to walk far, walk with friends" is also true in relation to research and hence collaboration and partnerships are critical in contributing to research in general, but also to research as social change. Thank you to each individual who contributed so generously to the discussions.
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