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厘清待办事项
Clarifying my Future To-do-list
October 7th, 2024
一方面，由于低估了对7月份收集的数据进行编辑所需的工作量，我还要继续进行文字转录和网站搭建，以及进一步的在线推广计划。另一方面，根据课程安排，本单元的重点应该是自我评估，这意味着需要投入更多时间将之前的行动研究与理论相结合进行分析。然而，课程剩余时间已经非常有限，因此我开始对什么是重要的，以及应该先做什么感到困惑。
Jasminka建议我回看研究问题来寻找答案，这恰巧和Mark在上一学期的评分中给到我的反馈内容相呼应：进一步精确和优化研究问题能够帮助项目有所进展。目前的研究问题在表述“探索城市自身的文化意义”这一部分显得有些语义不明。在厘清研究问题与我当前采用的研究方法和干预措施的关系后，我决定对研究问题稍作调整：
制造业城市如何促进市民积极探索城市文化意义？——温州市案例研究
接下来，需要进一步思考新的研究问题的本质。由于“如何”这个词是MAAI这门课程所要求的研究问题的固定范式，根据我的理解，持续优化实现目标的方法便是这门课的核心。
从第一次干预中，我得到了两个关键收获。首先，在城市文化的主题中，专家与非专家之间的界限变得模糊，因为城市所拥有的文化资产可能更具有动态性，隐藏在居民的想法和日常生活中。其次，为了鼓励人们的积极参与，将研究者自身置于相对被动的位置是个不错的方式，于此同时需要尽可能创造能触发人们分享意愿的氛围。
正如Mark所建议的那样，下一步要做的是进一步探索这些从干预中获得的知识如何与我参考的学术理论相一致，甚至是挑战了原有的理论。这或许是当务之急——在这样做以后，我就可以预测最后这一学期能够取得的阶段性成果，并有可能为计划中未来两个月的项目线上推广提供一些思路。
同时，对于项目的线上推广，我也应该细化任务以更好地实施具体内容。我预想这一部分会包括以下几个任务：
- 继续编辑7月份收集的参与者录音记录。理想的话，每周可以在网站上传1到2名档案员的故事；
- 基于对档案员陈述的思考，继续在“聊聊温州”栏目中生成新话题。这部分没有频率要求（但可能对最终毕业展的呈现来说很关键）；
- 改进项目介绍和对项目的品牌塑造。我认为增加更多关于参与式档案和项目发展相关内容的介绍可能有助于提升专业性（但这是否有助于人们参与讨论的积极性仍有待验证）。希望在10月15日前完成这个部分；
- 为该项目在小红书上创建新的社交账号，并以项目的品牌塑造和“聊聊温州”栏目为基础开始发布笔记。理想情况下，每周可以发布1到2篇笔记。希望在10月15日这个部分可以启动。
I told Jasminka about my problem in time allocation for different tasks.
On one hand, due to the underestimated workload for editing the data collected in July, I need to go on with transcriptions and website construction, also including my further plan in online promotion. On the other hand, the focus of this unit should be reflection, which requires more investment in combining the previous action research with theory-based analysis. With limited remaining time for the course, I have been in a daze about what is important and what to do first.
Jasminka suggested a review of the research question, which I felt echoed the feedback from Mark: Further precision of the research question would be beneficial. The currently research question showed some ambiguity in stating “explore their own cultural significance”. After evaluating its relationship with the methodology I adopt currently and the intervention I did, I would like to refine the research question a little bit more:
How can small manufacturing-based cities facilitate citizen’s active exploration of their own cultural significance? – a case study of Wenzhou city in China
Then think about what is the nature of my updated research question. Since “how can” is the fixed pattern for MA applied imagination, I should, based on my understanding, continuously optimize the methodology which helps approach the goal.
There are two key takeaways I got from the first intervention. First, in the theme of city culture, the boundaries between experts and non-experts are blurred because the cultural assets could be more dynamic and be hidden in residents’ thoughts and daily lives. Second, to motivate people’s active participation, it is good to place myself in a relatively passive position, while creating the atmosphere which triggers people’s willingness to share.
I think the next step for carrying out reflective practice is to, as Mark suggested, further explore how these takeaways gathered from the intervention align with or challenge the academic theories I have referred to. It should start immediately. Based on this, I could develop my milestone outcome for unit 4 as well as provide some guidance to my online promotion practice in the next two months if possible.
At the same time, for the online promotion practice, I should also break them down for better implementation. There will be some different parts:
- Continue with the editorial work of participants’ audio records collected in July. Ideally 1 or 2 people’s stories could be uploaded on the website each week.
- Go on generating the new topics in the column “Discussions” based on new reflections on the archivists’ statement. There is no frequency requirements (potentially this part is important for my form of presentation at the Festival).
- Improve the narrative, or the branding, of this project. I think more introductions on participatory archiving and the development of this project up to now might be beneficial to enhance the professionalism (but whether this can help in people’s active participation still requires to be testified). Hopefully to be done by Oct 15th.
- Create the new social account on RedNote for this project, and add new post based on the branding of this project and the column “Discussions”. Ideally 1 or 2 posts could be added each week. Hopefully to start on Oct 15th.