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Methodology
Allen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein
Summer 2013

Find a
Topic
External
Research
Unexpected
Research
Conclusions &
Direction
Internal
Research
Write a list
Ethnography
Informal conversations
Play a game
Consult unlikely
authoritiesTrial and error
Find trends
Share the results
Start production

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Create a list.
Free write all you know about a problem.

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Ask questions.
Be curious.
Start conversations surrounding your topic.
Talk to people who are experts in the field you are researching.

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Embrace the messy
process of trial and error.
Let your mind be free and open to failure. Don’t be afraid to start over.

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Consult unlikely authorities.
Apply lessons learned from unrelated fields.

Look at the context
of the problem.
Examine the societal and circumstantial influence on the problem.
Study everything surrounding the issue and it will give you insight.
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Create an experiment.
Play a game.
By setting up a context for others to express themselves and reveal secrets about a
topic, it creates the opportunity for unexpected results.
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Throw something.
Tap into your primal instincts and your brain’s natural wiring.
You have many facets to your abilities. Explore some ancient instincts.
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Find consistencies
and trends.
Sort the findings and see what fits together.
After assembling all the parts, start creating something.
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Reflect on the findings.
Mull it over.
Stop gathering information and start finding conclusions.
If there are holes in findings, go back to step 2.
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Share the goods.
Make it public and invite feedback.
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Thesis Ideas.

Athletes who depend environmental conditions
and their relationship time management
I am studying athletes who rely on a specific weather condition (surfers who need
waves and powder skiers who need snow) have a different way of looking at the
passage of time and time management skills.
I want to know how weather conditions create a hyper awareness of time in athletes
and how the average person can tap into this.
This will help my reader create excitement and passion in their lives regardless of
their athletic ability of skill.
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Art and Social Change
I want to study the way that art can draw attention to a subject and also
transform the subject socially.
Because the power of a work of art can impact a community in a real way.
This is in contrast of people who are exploited for art’s sake.
Under privileged communities can benefit from having their story told through
art work.
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Social interaction and surrounding environment
I am studying the effects of physical space on the emotional environment of a
gathering of people.
I want to know how social situations and social interaction are influenced by the
surrounding environment.
This will help my reader create environments that will nurture the kinds of social
situations they desire. And influence the way events are designed.
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