Here are the links to all my comments;
Sem 1;
Blog1:
http://samueldm2572.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-post-reflection.html?showComment=1413989513685#c608381905624033056
Hi Samuel!
I sat a long while just looking out in the thin air, trying to reflect upon what I had just read. It took some time and some re-reads before I could understand the texts a little. This is a totally (but very interesting!) new way of thinking for me, but I think it is pleasent to change the direction of thinking sometimes. Namely from the more scientific to the philosofic way of thinking, and it is a challenge ofc. I agree with you that it was kind of hard to learn and understand in English, so great that you still got to have the seminar in Swedish! It seems as you got some questionmarks erased during the seminar, and as I understood it, the explanation of "all bodies have extentions" comes from the explanation of what a priori is. A priori means the things you know independent of knowledge. So when Johan said "all bodies have extentions" he tried to explain the meaning of a priori, because you do not have to investigate that all bodies have extentions, you just know that a body has e.g. arms and legs and so on, and there is nothing really to investigate there. Great reflection and I also think that it is good to sometimes learn new ways of thinking, which can be hard and challenging ofcourse, but still fun :)
/Hannah
http://samueldm2572.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-post-reflection.html?showComment=1413989513685#c608381905624033056
Hi Samuel!
I sat a long while just looking out in the thin air, trying to reflect upon what I had just read. It took some time and some re-reads before I could understand the texts a little. This is a totally (but very interesting!) new way of thinking for me, but I think it is pleasent to change the direction of thinking sometimes. Namely from the more scientific to the philosofic way of thinking, and it is a challenge ofc. I agree with you that it was kind of hard to learn and understand in English, so great that you still got to have the seminar in Swedish! It seems as you got some questionmarks erased during the seminar, and as I understood it, the explanation of "all bodies have extentions" comes from the explanation of what a priori is. A priori means the things you know independent of knowledge. So when Johan said "all bodies have extentions" he tried to explain the meaning of a priori, because you do not have to investigate that all bodies have extentions, you just know that a body has e.g. arms and legs and so on, and there is nothing really to investigate there. Great reflection and I also think that it is good to sometimes learn new ways of thinking, which can be hard and challenging ofcourse, but still fun :)
/Hannah
Blog2:
http://dm2573kristina.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_5.html#comment-form
Hey Kicki!
I totally agree with you, knowledge has so many more angles then I could ever imagine. I think that it is interesting how we could gain knowledge about the metaphysical questions, if the evidence does not exist. That is the question Kant tries to answer. For me, the answer it's a bit vague and I had a hard time thinking from a philosophical perspective. I know that knowledge can come from experience, but I have never thought about it as, what we know by experience, can we not prove the opposite of, and that is metaphysics in itself.
In Plato's text, you write that we see through our eyes, when the feelings and experience already exists. My interpretation was that the eye is just a tool to gain knowledge, but you do not gain knowledge until the things you see are categorized in your brain, haha I dont know if it makes any sense.. But my interpretations has changed a bit during the whole theme I think ;) I think it is really interesting how we can interpret it in our own ways. And maybe that is from our earlier experiences? :)
I think that your reflection was interesting to read, and it gave me some new perspectives on knowledge. So, thank you for that! :)
Have a great day,
Hannah
Blog3:
http://stephanietheoryandmethod.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1413985559807#c8604532735025786166
Hey Steph!
I understand you completely haha. I was a bit surprised when reading the texts to the first seminar, because they where so philosophical! I had a hard time understanding them because they where so abstract, and I am not used to think is this kind of path. Though I think it is a really interesting subject and Johan did explaine philosophy very well, both at the seminar and the lecture. As you wrote, I think most people see the world in a more scientific way, but I think it could be interesting if you could mix both the scientific and philosofic view of the world :) I liked you reflection about thinking in a different way and I could not more then agree with you. It is too interesting when challenging yourself and see what you actually are capable of learning! Great reflection!
/Hannah
Blog4:
http://kthkurs.blogspot.se/2014/09/reflection-after-theme-1-look-at-world.html
Hey!
I totally agree with you. This theme was hard to grasp but somehow Plato's text was easier than Kant's. It was easier to follow the conversation Socrates had with Theaitetos than to understand Kant's text.For me, it was to abstract. I think the lecture with Johan made some clearity to the texts, but then during the seminars, I got confused agan! So I totally understand your confusion and I liked reading your reflection! Great job :)
//Hannah
Blog5:
http://virtaladm2572.blogspot.se/2014/09/reflection-theory-of-knowledge-and.html?view=magazine
Interesting discussion! We also discussed at our seminar if a newborn baby could perceive knowledge and so on. What I think is that a baby can probably see, but has not developed any senses or knowledge yet to understand what it actually sees. Another discussion we also had at our seminar was that if a baby could hear. Someone wisely said: Maybe a baby can hear, but not listen? I think these arguments are similar to each other. We also discussed if a baby cries because it is hungry. I think due to the humans earlier developed knowledge that one needs food to survive, I think the baby has an inherent sense which it communicates with by crying, when it’s hungry.
I agree with you that the text with Kant was harder to understand then the discussion between Socrates and Theaetetus. It was hard to grasp though we are not really familiar with this way of thinking. But I found it really interesting! Great though that you understood the text more after or alongside with the seminar! Great reflection and keep up the good work!
/Hannah
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Sem 2;
Blog1:
http://theoryandmethod-anna.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-part-2.html
Hi Anna!
Even if you did not attend the seminar it seems like you learned a lot about this week's theme during the lecture anyway! Your reflection also gave me some new and broader input that I did not think about earlier, so thank you for that! At the seminar we for instance discussed that it is important to both be critical to media and other art-forms (as Horkheimer and Adorno talked about) so you don't believe everything you see. Great job!
/Hannah
Blog2:
http://dm2572-johan-kasperi.blogspot.se/2014/09/post-theme-2.html?showComment=1413988277248#c4659335394715751998
Sem 2;
Blog1:
http://theoryandmethod-anna.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-part-2.html
Hi Anna!
Even if you did not attend the seminar it seems like you learned a lot about this week's theme during the lecture anyway! Your reflection also gave me some new and broader input that I did not think about earlier, so thank you for that! At the seminar we for instance discussed that it is important to both be critical to media and other art-forms (as Horkheimer and Adorno talked about) so you don't believe everything you see. Great job!
/Hannah
Blog2:
http://dm2572-johan-kasperi.blogspot.se/2014/09/post-theme-2.html?showComment=1413988277248#c4659335394715751998
Hi Johan,
When it comes to more abstract themes like this theme, and the week before, I think it's hard to read them in english, because I think it is hard to understand them even in Swedish sometimes! So nice that you did something about it and read it in Swedish too!
I had not really reflected upon, as you wrote, that the writers lived in the "era" they wrote about. And in that way the context of the texts became much deeper. So thank you for a more thorough understanding of that!
As Adorno & Hokenheimer criticized the enlightenment, I think it is similar then as now. For example we have learned to think in a critical path aswell, and maybe not entirely trust what e.g. media says. It is important to have an own intuition and thoughts about things.
Great reflection!
/Hannah
Blog3:
http://dm2572pontustv.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-part-2.html
Hey Pontus!
I too, think it was good that he explained the texts before we started the discussion. This gav us a more basic knowledge that we could apply during the seminar-tasks. I think the seminar questions gave me a broader understanding and listening to the other students discuss. Although the texts was hard to understand, it became a little more clearer. I agree with you that this seminar approach was better then the first week. Your reflection is easy to follow and it seems like the lecture and seminar gave you a broader understanding too. Great job!
//Hannah
Blog4:
http://dm2572emelie.blogspot.se/2014/09/reflections-on-theme-2-critical-media.html
Heyhey Emelie!
I really liked reading your reflection! You manage to summerize the whole theme in your reflection, and I like it! It seems like you got a clearer understanding between Adorno&Horkheimer and Benjamins texts. It is also interesting how you apply the movie we saw at the lecture with the swedish election. I think this behaviour is not just from enlightenment, it can also apply to our everyday lives and how media and politicians can take advantage of this. When you asked the question "how is the media technology being misused?" I started to wonder, maybe we as media technology student can 'turn' it in the right direction and use media in the right way.
I too, valued having our seminars in swedish than in english. Due to the hard and philosophic subject, it is still hard to understand in swedish, but even harder in english. When using the swedish vocabulary you still understood more, and it was easier to apply our knowledge to the texts.But as you wrote, it is a really good practice and it will probably be alot english-speaking when we start working too. Your reflection is detailed and it seems like you have learned alot during this week! Great job Emelie! (Klapp klapp)
//Hannah
http://dm2572-magnuswestlund.blogspot.se/2014/09/post-seminar-2.html?showComment=1413995861976#c8810276787753119375
Hello!
I also thought it was interesting when he explained that to grasp the entire context of a text, you have to be in the same situation or place as where it was written, which can in many situations be incredible hard! And as you said, I think we need to mix the idea-world with the real-world so we don't get "stuck" in only the things that we see. We have also learned to think more critical and 'outside the box' so to say :) Great reflection and good luck with further studies!
//Hannah
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Sem 3;
Blog1:
http://dm2572sofie.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-3-reflection.html?view=magazine
Hi Sofie!
I also think this weeks theme was easier to understand due to it was more concrete and not as philosofical as the earlier two. But I do think it was a little philosofic in the way that you have to interpret a little what theory is. In the beginning I thought theory was something concrete, but after discussing it in the seminar, I noticed it was not as concrete as I thought. I thought it was interesting that we had a chance to discuss our papers at the seminar and I also learned that a research paper could exist of more than one theory. At the seminar, I also noticed that I had interpret my text wrong, and that it consisted another theory then the one I had chosen too. Nice that you reflected upon choosing the wrong theory from the beginning, and that the seminar gave you a better understanding of which theory your choses paper actually had.
Great reflection Sofie!
/Hannah
Hi Åsa!
I also think this week's assignment was a little bit easier because it was not as philosophical as the earlier ones. But yet at the seminar I got a bit confused because theory in itself, was not as concrete as I imagined. It was easier to understand what theory is not, I think.
Anywho, great that you enjoyed choosing a paper on your own and the paper you choose, sounds really interesting. I know some people who also had the same paper in my seminar group and it seemed to be both interesting and a current subject to read about!
Good job!
/Hannah
Hi Johanna!
I too have never really reflected upon what theory is, but for me, it was something concrete. But after the seminar, I learned that theory is not as concrete as I thought, and that sometimes it is hard to apply them, or understand which theory that 'belongs' to a certain research paper. As you mentioned, maybe one would better understand the different theory types by reading different research papers and comparing them somehow. Then maybe it would be easier to understand the different types more. Great suggestion!
/Hannah
Hey Elma!
During the seminar we also discussed the difference between what theory and hypothesis is. What I learned is that theory is an amount of statements and it is the theory that makes is possible to form a hypothesis. Great that when you discussed the theme in full class it gave you new perspective about what theory is and that it also came to your senses what the difference between theory and hypothesis is. Great job! /Hannah
Hey Erik!
Thank you for sharing the difference between normative and destructive theory. We did not talk about this at our seminar, so this was completely new for me. Actually, I have never reflected upon that there are different sorts of theory as well (which makes it a little more complicated). so thank you for sharing that! I agree with you about that a hypothesis can be based on theories, that is one thing I learned at our seminar too. But there are still some question marks about what theory is, and it seems like it can be lot of things. But therefore, I think the text "what theory is not" made it much more clear. Keep up the good work!
/Hannah
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Sem 4;
Blog1:
http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflection-on-theme-4-after.html?view=magazine
Hello!
I liked the setup for this seminar aswell. Like you, I have also read evaluation methods, HCI and the bachelors degree which results in knowing the basics of quantitative methods from earlier courses. But what I liked with the seminar is that he talked about advantages and disadvantages with web vs. paper-surveys. Growing up with the technological development I have never thought about distributing papersurveys so I really liked discussing that in the seminar! I also thought it was nice to learn the five golden rules because a problem with web surveys is that when distributed, people do not always take the freedom to answer them. Good job!
/Hannah
Hello!
I liked the setup for this seminar aswell. Like you, I have also read evaluation methods, HCI and the bachelors degree which results in knowing the basics of quantitative methods from earlier courses. But what I liked with the seminar is that he talked about advantages and disadvantages with web vs. paper-surveys. Growing up with the technological development I have never thought about distributing papersurveys so I really liked discussing that in the seminar! I also thought it was nice to learn the five golden rules because a problem with web surveys is that when distributed, people do not always take the freedom to answer them. Good job!
/Hannah
Blog2:
http://theoriandmethod-charlotte.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-part-2-quantitative-research.html?showComment=1413899751986#c4259571048522715673
Hey Charlotte!
I also thought this theme was an advantage for my upcoming master thesis. Your seminar group must have been much larger than ours, because we were only divided into three groups that competed against each other. I liked Olles seminar because you got a variety from the regular seminars we usually have. I also learned to use an uneven number of choices when constructing a survey so the particiapants can be neutral to the question if they do not have a concrete opinion. And if so, the study could come out wrong if you "force" the participants to have an opinion about something. I'm glad the seminar gave you a more positive attitude to quantitative methods. In one way, as you said, qualitative studies feel more secure, but on the other hand, it depends on what you shall examine and regarding to that, a quantitative study can give you just as secure and reliable data as a qualitative study can :)
Great reflection!
/Hannah
Hey Charlotte!
I also thought this theme was an advantage for my upcoming master thesis. Your seminar group must have been much larger than ours, because we were only divided into three groups that competed against each other. I liked Olles seminar because you got a variety from the regular seminars we usually have. I also learned to use an uneven number of choices when constructing a survey so the particiapants can be neutral to the question if they do not have a concrete opinion. And if so, the study could come out wrong if you "force" the participants to have an opinion about something. I'm glad the seminar gave you a more positive attitude to quantitative methods. In one way, as you said, qualitative studies feel more secure, but on the other hand, it depends on what you shall examine and regarding to that, a quantitative study can give you just as secure and reliable data as a qualitative study can :)
Great reflection!
/Hannah
Hi Mia!
I also liked the seminar setup this week! Everyone got to be more engaged at the seminar and you received a lot of perspectives from different students, which I liked! I liked that Olle, in the beginning talked of the advatages and disadvatages with both qualitative and quantitative studies, but later on in the seminar, he focused more on the quantitative research. I also liked that he explanied for us how you are not supposed to construct a survey, because in earlier courses when you should apply a quantitative method, I have always wondered how a survey should be constructed, and get confused when people say different things about it too. But after this seminar it became more clear!
Well written reflection! Good luck with the two last themes :)
/Hannah
Blog4:
http://dm2572gsk.blogspot.se/2014/10/post-seminar-4.html?showComment=1413893442452#c336187010619480328
Hellohello!
I really liked the structure of this seminar aswell. It sure made everyone more enganged and the whole "seminar-environment" became more relaxed too. Though I had some knowledge within this subject since earlier, I still got some new knowledge/other perspectives that I will take to heart. I have during several courses heard different opinions of how to construct e.g. a survey or the best way to perform a quantitative method and so on. And therefore it becomes more complicated because there are more variables that you have to have in mind. Great job! /Hannah
Blog5:
http://jennybern.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflection-of-theme-4.html?showComment=1413905700986#c7573769709134240266
Heyhey!
I think it is good that we learn how to think critical aswell. At the seminar with Olle we had the task to come up with both advantages and disadvantages with quantitative/qualitative studies. Also in the pre- reflection we did also have to think in a critical path.
I also think the seminar setup was effective and competition really triggers people to become more engaged. So a tribute to Olles seminar setup! Great reflection Jenny and I'm glad the seminar gave you further understanding within the subject!
/Hannah
Heyhey!
I think it is good that we learn how to think critical aswell. At the seminar with Olle we had the task to come up with both advantages and disadvantages with quantitative/qualitative studies. Also in the pre- reflection we did also have to think in a critical path.
I also think the seminar setup was effective and competition really triggers people to become more engaged. So a tribute to Olles seminar setup! Great reflection Jenny and I'm glad the seminar gave you further understanding within the subject!
/Hannah
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Sem 5;
Hey Jenny!
Great reflection you have written! :) I agree with on that the literature was within the media technology section though both Eva-Lotta and Haibo are working within this section. Somehow, it felt more relevant and understandable to read these articles due to that. Though she talked mostly about her own studies I think together with Haibo's lecture they complemented each other well so you got both the more basic knowledge in reseach design which you then could apply to Eva-Lotta's lecture. Great!
/Hannah
Hey Mickey, Mickey hey!
The thing a liked about her lecture was that even though she did not talk about the basics or the theory behind research design you still understood because it was applied to real research instead. Often when you listen to a lecture the lecturer speaks about theory, but not actually how to apply it later on real examples. That is why I think Haibo's and Eva-Lotta's lectures together complemented each other though Haibo tslked more about the basics in research design while Eva-Lotta talked more about her on research.
I thought it was cool when she showed us the example of people hand-wrestling with each other and not being in the same room (just a parentheses).
I also learned, as you mentioned, that one can gain both qualitative and quantitative data from a design research, which I think can be both positive and negative though you transcribe all the data it will take time. And maybe you will also get into another track then where you started because you gain a lot more "suprised" data then expected, which can both be positive and negative I guess. Great job with the reflection Micke!
Good luck with everything,
Hannah
Blog3:
http://arozintmm2014.blogspot.se/2014/10/arozin-design-research-reflection.html
Hey Arozin!
I agree with you about the lecture. It was not really what I expected though I thought she would focus on the theme for this week and not talk too much about her own research. But as you mentioned, I also heard the expression “flaming” for the first time which was interesting because I did not reflect upon that misunderstandings while texting had an expression. Also that "peace on earth" is a kind of goal with haptic-research, which I can understand. With haptics you want to make e.g a task more user-friendly and comfortable which will engage people in practice. It can also make it easier for people to understand each other. I think this area (design research) is really interesting and I think Haibo talked more about the basics with design research and he also went more into details. I do think a mixture of Eva-Lotta’s lecture and Haibo’s still complemented each other though you understood Eva-Lotta’s research and lecture better after getting the basic theory of design research from Haibo.
Keep up the good work!
/Hannah
Blog4:
Hi Johan!
I also liked Haibo’s lecture because you got a deeper understanding of the questions you answered regarding that theme. I also think you got a deeper understanding because we have read the research Habio and his colleagues had written and you could easily apply his reflections from the lecture to his paper. But the difference between his lecture and Eva-Lotta’s was that Haibo focused more on the basic’s for designing a research while Eva-Lotta focused more on her own earlier research. I also think that prototyping in an important step in research design because a prototype is actually the only practical equipment one can evaluate to decide if a research is a good idea or not.
Keep up the good work and good luck with upcoming studies! /Hannah
Blog5:
Hey!
I agree with you that the lectures were quite different from each other. Something I learned, as you also said, is that it is important to find the right problem when it comes to design research. It would be inconvenient if you in the middle of a research arrives to a dead end because you can not move forward due to your design-research problem. So I guess that is why it is important to find the right kind of problem, but of course one will encounter obstacles along the way. Haibo emphasized a lot on that mathematics has an important role when designing and solving a problem. What I also liked with Haibo's lecture is that he showed the example about the teacher/student and bear in the beginning, which was a good introduction to the whole lecture! It is great that you will remember the importance of problem solving and constructing ideas because I think this is something you have to have in mind when constructing e.g. your master thesis :) So that's great!
/Hannah
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Sem 6;
Blog1:
Hi Gabbi!
When we started to read about case-studies I did not either know the difference between a case study and other studies. But after the seminar with Leif I though it became much clearer. It was good that he came with examples of what a case-study is and is not because then you could more easily apply your knowledge about it. I agree with you that a benefit with case-studies is that you collect a lot of data. And also for it to be a case study, you investigate a phenomenon more thoroughly and then I think much data is needed! Great reflection and keep up the good work! /Hannah
Blog2:
Hi Kicki!
Nice to hear that the term/definition of what a case-study is has become more clear and reachable to you after the seminar! :) As I understood it, a case-study is an already defined problem or phenomenon that already exists, and by that you can investigaste different cases within that phenomenon. For example, in our seminar group Leif brought up the example about ADHD. Several years ago, we did not know this disease existed, so then you could not do a study about it. But today, we know it is a desease and you can investigate several variables with a connection to ADHD. One example could probably be to investigate how schools handle/take care of people with ADHD for example. So the difference between a case study and other kinds of studies it that you more thoroughly investigate a phenomenon that already exists! Your reflection about the hypothesis is interesting, is there a meaning to have a hypothesis with an already existing phenomenon, or is it unnecessary and irrelevant to make up a hypothesis if you are just investigating an already existing case? Great job!
/Hannah
Blog3:
Hey Johanna!
Good reflection you have written there! One thing that came to my mind while reading your reflection was that you said case-study and field-study are similar to each other. As I understood it at the seminar, a field-study is a method you can use in e.g a case-study.
I agree with you about the discussion of when they should place the course. In one hand, as you said, I think the course should be placed before the bachelor thesis because you still possess some knowledge about the subject from example the basic course in HCI and if you read it before the bachelor thesis you will have more knowledge about how to design a research than you did before. On the other hand, I think this course should not be given to the students that are in the 4th grade because then it is like a bit gap until your master thesis in 5th grade. In that case, I think this course should be placed the semester before your master thesis. Hehe just my reflections upon it!
/Hannah
Blog4:
Hey Sofia!
I also found this seminar really interesting and I too, did not know so much about case studies earlier. At our seminar we discussed what the difference was between a regular qualitative/quantitative study and a case study. Because at first, I thought these two were almost the same thing! Leif brought up an example about investigating ADHD, and for 23-30 years ago, you did not know what ADHD was. But today you know the symptom and you can examine more thoroughly several variables based on that already existing knowledge. When applying case study to a real problem, it becomes more clear of what a case study is. Good reflection and good luck with further studies! /Hannah
Blog5:
http://zulfiiatarazova.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study.html?showComment=1414005015752#c7014780051008480337
Hey!
It seems like you have grasped this week's theme very well. It is very interesting to read different blogposts about theme 6 because everyone writes different examples that Leif brought up during the seminar. At our seminar he brought up the case of the disease ADHD and that you can investigate it through several different views and use several different methods as well! Interesting that you need a "specific" amount of materials for it to become a case-study, but then I guess, because a case-study investigates a phenomenon more thoroughly, you will probably need a big amount of data from different kinds of studies :) Good job!
/Hannah
Here are my answers to my blog as well;
Theme 1: http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/09/theory-of-knowledge-and-theory-of.html
Theme 3: http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-3-research-and-theory.html
Theme 4: http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflections-after-fourth-seminar.html
Theme 5: http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-5-design-research.html
http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflections-after-theme-5.html
Theme 6: http://bylundtmm14.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflections-after-theme-6.html
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