Later this summer I will be starting my sabbatical and I have attached a second draft of the Pulse rate research HERE which I would value any comments on this is a new version based on david comments from the one posted earlier.
It is not designed to a academically rigorous paper and process but would welcome general comments of ideas that may help, similar approaches to data gathering etc.
Sounds interesting.
You can mostly ignore my comments, since “it is not designed to be academically rigorous”. What’s wrong… chicken?
🙂
I would recommend an alternative data gathering approach to your current pulse rate method – e.g. repertory grid plus laddering, to identify 3 core values (see http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1094428105280118). This could make use of relevant cultural instruments for your target group, e.g. video games, movies, TV shows, websites…
I would also suggest more closely defining the group you plan to sample from. Given the practical difficulties, it would be tricky to pursue the focus group of FYT (disadvantaged young people) – however, I suspect a narrower cultural scope closer to that group would allow you to better serve them as the target group when you’re deciding which cultural values will be important to them when they’re exported.
‘Semiotic fluid’ is probably a perfectly powerful metaphor for culture, and maybe it’s just me that finds the idea of swimming in it distinctly icky. How about ‘semiotic system’? It’s less ‘gunk tank’ (but a lot more ‘geek’).
“The aim of this research was to identify the future cultural conditions that are likely to be exported towards
Europe over the next few years” – This seems to me a little bit ambitious. You seem to assume that (1) you can identify the existing cultural condition using your method (2) it’s homogenous (3) it’s all equally likely to be exported. What about (and here you could apply your own expertise as a yoof specialist) focusing on a similar segment of society, since they might be said to experience the prevailing culture in a similar way, so serve as a good filter?
Hi David
i will read the paper to explore how I may adapt the cards process for pulse rate but will probably stick with this as very simple.
The focus on the simular segment is a good idea, I wonder if I need to do the first questions with a random sample adults YP etc as these will who the producers of mass culture look market cultural products too? This would reinforce the time lag.Then make sure themes are with under 20yr
or do >30yrs for questions as you suggest as they are most impacted by current prevailing culture?
Rich,
Good research process. Not quite sure what you’re aiming at in the laddering process, especially as the young people making the proposals are not necessarily experiencing the same culture as those young people that identified the words in the first place.
Can you find a way to collect some stories from the themeing young people that support the propositions they make which might legitimise their response. Because the lower levels they offer may differ based on worldview.
On adventure some might say the opposite to being alive is death, but someone else might come to the conclusion of emptyness.
Not sure where I’m going, but it feels like it’s becoming more ambiguous the more you delve into the themes. ??
John
thanks john I think your are right and with the laddering I am trying squezze an indiviual process with a group. I think that to get lots of first level themes and then see if the group can almagamte these but I could use the first sub themes idenfied in the words I use in the stories