Comments on theme 1-6

Theme 1:
1, You are not alone about thinking that the texts were hard to understand, and as you say going to the seminar helped a great deal. But with that said i still thin that you managed to write a good refection about this weeks theme. One of your question you had about what the lecturer meant by his trees example was one I had as well, but i must say that you managed to find the answer better than me.This picture you found is really good and easy to understand. I also like your refection about Kant and the question of God, it was something my group discussed during the seminar and i found interesting.

2, Hello, I think you like most of us has had some trouble getting use to not being able to find one answer to a question and it takes time to get use to it. For me it helped to talk to other students and compare answers and asking questions. But it seems like you got a better understanding after the seminar like me and an other way it so use google and other sources that might be a bit easier to read and understand. 

I think you did a good job with your post, you managed to fill it with the important facts even though you didn´t use so many words.

3, Can it be that the seminar might did not help you understand the text more but it contributed with a better insight of how complex it can be. If so i can understand what you mean, the seminar opened up more doors than i thought existed. I think that the seminar gave more and easier examples of the different theories. But I still think that seminar is a good way to get closer to understanding, you get a opportunity to think outside the box but with some help of others. 

with that said i think you still managed to write two good post of the theme and you had some interesting examples, like the one about weather the wall is blue or white.

4, You blog posts about the theme keep very high standard! You say that you had trouble understanding the text especially Kant´s and you are ot alone. But yet you managed to give great answers in your first blog post. Like you i thought that the seminar was a great way to work with the questions and learning from each other. 

And like you say, it can be frustrating not being able to get one answer but it is something that might be useful to learn for the future where nothing is black or white.

5, Hi, you are not alone with being a bit confused after reading the texts. Just like you i had som trouble understanding the different concepts. But it all became more clear after the seminar and lecture. So I think your explanation of posteriori and priori knowledge is good and it seems like you have gotten a better understanding now. 

I thought you blog post for this theme was interesting to read and I would like to know more about the E.T senario :)

Theme 2:

1, Hi, i agree with you that both seminar and lecture was very good and like you I had problem with separate Benjamins view from Horkhemier’s and Adorno but it seems to me that you now understand it and the connection to nominalism, which i thought was quite interesting. I think your text for the theme was easy to follow and i like that you manage to reflect in quite a lot without writing a long text.

2, Hi, you are not alone with having some trouble getting through the texts, but I like the fact that you did not give up after the first one and that you found other way to reach understanding. i think it is great that you discuss with fellow class mates, and it something you should keep doing. A course like this Would be so boring if you never got the chance to discuss with others, it is during a discussion you interesting philosophy is. I don´t know exactly how this reflection post should work but i do think it can be good to be a bit more specific on what you misunderstood and then write the "new" answer, otherwise i think you did a great job with this weeks theme.

3, Hi, i agree with you that this weeks theme was a bit easier to understand but like you i still misunderstood Benjamin´s and H&A´s view on the revolutionary potentials. But as i can read in reflections post i seems like we both understand it now. Fun that you felt that you could participate more during the seminar, for me it is during them I learn the most. I liked to read your posts for this theme and you managed to fill it with good facts and explanations.

4, Hello there!

What a great summary of this weeks theme, i really enjoyed the part about nominalism. Like you i had a pretty narrow idea of what the concept nominalism meant but the seminar session opened up it more. I think you managed to cover everything regarding this theme and some of your own thoughts and ideas. Keep up the good work!

5,Hello there!

I think you have done a very good summary on theme and i enjoyed to read it. Your explanation on nominalism is great and it seems to me that you now are the expert on the concept. The example that there is no visions within strict nominalism makes it easier to understand why H&A thought the why they did. I aslo like that you wrote about realism and what it means. Good work!

Theme 3:

1, Hello Elin, 

i think you have done a great job regarding the theme, i seems to me that you really took the time to reflect on what kind of theory the paper you read had. And I too had to go back and think about that one extra time, and i think that is then when you truly get the right understanding. 
I agree with you that it was hard to see the connection between Leif´s question about: "what is man" and theory, so i don´t think he got the message across. 

Over all i think you picked up some good facts from your group discussion, and i like what you wrote about the "truth" in a theory and how something can be true until its proven otherwise. 
keep up the good work!

2, Hello Isabella, 

I think you have done a good reflection about the theme, I agree that their was not as many questions during the group discussions and as you say i can be since the texts was more straight forward. But still your group manage to find the contradiction regarding what theory is and what it is not. 

you also reflected on how theory differs from hypotheses which I think is important to understand. So good job!

3, Hi, 

I think that you have done a great reflection about the theme. And I like the fact that you took the opportunity to ask for a recap during the seminar since the lecture, in my opinion, gave a lot of good information. 
I agree with you on the fact that it is not that straight forward as one first can believe and I think many of had preconceptions about theory and what it means. So it is good that we get the chance to discuss in groups and learn form each other. 

good work!

4, Hello there, 

I think you have done a good and very honest reflection and it seems that you have understund some really important things. I too remember our struggle, but as you said even though it was confusion at times gained us more knowledge. After that I change my opinion on what type of theory I had and i think i got it right after that. 
I think it was very good of you to write about the differences between SU and KTH since it an aspect I have not thought about before. 
Nice work!

5, Hello there,

I think you have done a good reflection and it seems that you now have new knowledge about what theory is. Just like you I had a different view on what it meant but now after i have a better insight. The quote from Leif lecture explains a lot and especially the last sentence, that it something we create. 
Nice work!

Theme 4:

1, Hello there Rickard!

I think you manage to do a great reflection of the theme. I agree with you that this is something that we have read before but I would say that this week still made me gain some new knowledge. For example, interviews is not the only way to collect qualitative data. I like the part you wrote about categorisation and that it is hard to do it without as a researcher influence the result. Like you say it leads to generalisations and I guess it is hart to avoid it, and it is a matter of doing it the best you can and being aware of it. 

Keep of the good work!

2, Hello there Elvira!

Thank you for your reflection, it looks like you made the most of the theme and got a deeper understanding of the complexity of it all. And I agree with you, I think its been interesting to read about different methods and how they get implemented. 
The discussion your group had about everything can be presented as quantitative data, my group had a similar one. I agree that you can pick data from a quantitative research and present it as quantitative, but the question would the be is that answers the question or not. If it does maybe it should have been a quantitative study from the start. So it is important to the the question decide what kind research method you should use. 
good work, keep it up!

3, Hello there Elin!

Thank you for a well written and good reflection of the theme. I agree with you that this is something we have read about before and that made it not as hard to understand, but it looks like you got some interesting reflections anyway. I think you make a good point when you say that it can be good to do both since they cover and provide different data. 

keep up the good work!

4, Hello there Björn! 

I think you have done a great reflection, not only on the research methods but also the article Drumming in immerse virtual reality. I did to react on the fact that they did not writ anything about that in the article, and i would also like to know how much the setting of the surrounding affects the drumming. Now I do not remember if the co player aslo change outfit ot not. I can imagine that that too can have an effect, if you look like you belong you might feel more relaxed and than perform "better".
Looks like you gained new knowledge and a bigger understanding of the research methods, so good job to you and keep it up :)

5, Hello there Stina!

I think you have done a great reflection of this theme, like the other said you focused on the importance of doing what is called piloting. And that is as you write very important so that you know that the data you collect is valid.
"quantitative method doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to have a certain amount of participants, what matters is the amount of information you get out of it." This is something i thought was really interesting to read and I think this can be something many assume when it comes to quantitative research. And I would like to ad the it is important that the data you collect has a purpose to answer something regarding the study. 

keep up the good work!

Theme 5:

1, Hello there Stina!

You have done a great reflection and it seems to me that you have gain some new knowledge and repeated some. I like how you explained how you ca work with a prototype to find out more about a field. And that you presented the best parts from Li´s lecture, it think i did a really good point to say that one should focus on the problem so that you fully understan it before you can find the best solution. I also agree with you about Li´s love for math, maybe it his point did not reach the crowd, but as the other students mentioned match can be a good tool to validate and sort the data you get. 
Great work!

2, Hello there Elvira, 

great reflection of the theme. I agree with you that Li´s lecture was both important and interesting. It inspired for the future and how we should think when we are facing a problem. See the opportunity to find a great solution to the problem. I agree with you that seminar is a great form so that you can participate more and discuss, but if the lecture is like li´s then i think it works too and you gain good knowledge. But the second one we had would had worked better as an seminar. 
great work, keep it up!

3,Hello there Elin!

I think you have done a great reflection of the theme and you mange to cover some great points. I really liked Li´s lecture but for the second one i thought is was a bit messy and hard to follow his thoughts. But you managed to find the good parts and i like how you wrote about the role of the prototype and how it differs in different industries. Also how design van be used in different ways and what it is. 

Great job! 

4, Hello there Isabella!

Great reflection, you manage to cover some important points even though the second lecture was a bit unstructured. I agree with you that seminar is a good way to discuss the theme but lately I have thought that the seminars are not that good. If the theme don´t have the philosophical element and are more fact based theme I feel that i can be hard to find anything to discuss. I think what you wrote about prototypes and how they can be used was interesting, it was something I had a hard time to understand during his lecture. 
But i think you have done a great reflection and keep it up!

5, Hello there Rickard!

I like how you have written your reflection, it is well written and has a cool structure. I liked Li´s lecture, I can agree that it might not have been about the theme as much as it could but I think it was a good one anyway. Understanding the problem will help to work towards finding a solution, and according to Li it will then be a GREAT solution if you follow the steps. 
Good job on finding clearness in what the second lecture provided, I had trouble understanding some of it but i like how you clarified the different research methods. 
good job!

Theme 6:

1, Hello!

Good job on the last theme. I think you have a good point when you wrote about the importance of having doing a seminar conclusion. Like you said it can be a but confusing at times during group discussing but I do find it good to ask the seminar leader, to sort it out and learn new things. I find it easier to ask question during the seminar rather then during a lecture: But it seems to me that you have gain good knowledge about the theme and the understanding that there can me more than just one correct answer depending on the situation. 

Good job!

2, Hello Björn!

What a well written refection about the theme. It seems to me that you have a lot of good knowledge about both semi-structured interviews and case study. Regarding the semi-structured interviews I agree with you that it is important to know the people you are interviewing and make sure that they understand the topic of the study so to speak. And aslo making them feel comfortable so that they feel okay about sharing information and other perspective that I might not have thought of. But I think that it is something that is important for all interviews not only semi-structured. You pointed out some good strengths and limitations that i thought was interesting, 

I think you have done a great job and fun to read about you having more confidence now! :)

3, Hello Isabella!

I agree with you that the group discussion about case study became a bit short, we all have had some trouble using the 8 steps to do an analysis. But it seems to me that you have a gained a good understanding of what is is and how it is soposed so be used. It is to understand something that is new and you want to know more about. 

Great job on you reflection and the course in general! :)

4, Hello Elin!

I think you have done a great reflection, you bring up some good point and I like the part where you discuss where to draw the line between qualitative research and case study. And as you continued you pointed out how the purpose separate them too. I went to the same seminar and wrote about how the number of people does not matter, it is rather the aim of the study that should decide what kind of research you should do. I enjoyed reading you reflection, so good job to you!

5,Hello Elvira!

I think you have done a great reflection about this theme. You are not alone about your thoughts about having tha lecture cancelled, and for the same reason as you I wished we had it so that he could clarify case study before the seminar. Qualitative research was easier to understand since we read about it before but as you said the discussing it makes you ask more question and then you learn even more. Case study has a different aim compared to doing a research study, it is about to understanding something new rather building a theory. 

Good job!