http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:15 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/larsen/ipod/Larsen06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/larsen/ipod/Larsen06.m4v Larsen gathers his data through a variety of different methods ranging from ethnographic field research to content analysis and GIS. But the method he prefers is called “participant observation,” an approach in which “you go and live with the people for an extended period of time, so you can start to learn how they think and feel and act.” In fact, Larsen considers participant observation to be a base line for all the research he does because “you gain an insight by participating in the culture.” 3 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:06:10 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/carver/ipod/Carver05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/carver/ipod/Carver05.m4v With her background interest in women’s health, it was no surprise to find Carver collaborating with Elaine Lawless, MU Professor of English. After adapting some of the survivor stories for performance, in 2003 they formed the Troubling Violence Performance Project “to create a venue for people to communicate about intimate partner violence.” While they began performing stories from Lawless’ book, the stories soon emerged from elsewhere: “People starting coming up to us after the performances and asking if they could give us their stories,” many of which were then incorporated into subsequent performances. “If one out of every four women likely to suffer some kind of intimate partner abuse, then we need to really speak out. We don’t think we’re going to come in and perform and all violence is going to end. We just know that if people don’t talk about it…it’s going to be swept under the carpet.” 3 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:58:01 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/vanpool/ipod/vanpool04-VanPool.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/vanpool/ipod/vanpool04-VanPool.m4v VanPool talks about her undergraduate research at Eastern New Mexico University where she studied several cultural groups to understand their different birthing practices. 3 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:18:49 GMT