Weekly meetings

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Contents 1 Week 1 2 Week 2 3 Week 3 4 Week 4 4.1 Agenda

Week 1

This was my first meeting with Jodi. We went over some expectations for the thesis project, talked about a related paper I had written last year, and decided that I should dig into a literature review to see how my project could add to or be differentiated from existing work. This analysis was something I started over the summer but didn't get as much done as I had thought I would. Such is the way of summer.

Week 2

We talked about this wiki, looked at the papers I've been reading, and discussed our next steps. The to-do list coming out of this meeting is as follows:

1. make a model that shows similarities/differences between existing projects (2x2 or something)
2. make a rough schedule for the project
3. review the IRB requirements and write a draft of the needed documents
4. starts thinking of research methods Ill use

This is a lot to do in a week, particularly with the Emergence Conference this weekend. Hopefully I'll at least start all of these tasks.

We also talked about the possibility of applying for Gush Funding. The main contact person for that is Nancy Klancher. We decided that applying in October or November is best so that I can have a concrete use for the money (and potentially get more because of that). Looking at the deadlines I should probably shoot for the October 4 application.

Week 3

Discussed IRB forms and questions, looked over revised thesis proposal, looked at initial product categorization in the Excel spreadsheet I made, talked about the schedule and potential methods.

To-do before next week

• Write and submit IRB proposal this weekend to submit by Monday.
• Visualize project categorizations in a model.

Week 4

Agenda

• Discuss the beginnings of a current project model (object as presence, accumulation)
• Talk about how to get research participants and time frame for contacting them
• Directed storytelling with non-participants
• Next week (Jodi is out)
• Recommended readings?