Basic information

- 1 lesson a week (Thursday afternoon)
- compulsory attendance (missing 1 lesson without apologize, 2 with apologize are permitted)
- discussion or workshop form - active participation
- e-learning, reading texts and working in the interactive syllabus
 

Contact

Jaroslav Biolek

jaroslavbiolek@gmail.com

building: 04, room: 03005

 

 

Introduction

1) What do you imagine when anyone says "quality of life"? (mind map)

2) Critical reading the text of "Introduction to quality of life" (dual-entry diary)

3) Reflection on the reading  and discussion on your comments and ideas

 

Plans for seminars

- > choose just one option:

1. Interactive discussions about topics related with QoL and geography

- read the books, articles about QoL

- think of 2-3 topics which you would like to discuss (concepts of QoL, multidimensionality, methodology, research on QoL...)

or

2. Applied research on a problem concerned QoL in Brno

- read articles in newspapers, journals

- walk through Brno, observe a life in the city, talk with people

- think of 2-3 particular problems concerned QoL in Brno which you would like to do research on

 

Write me, please, mail about your ideas what you would like to do until next Wednesday.

 

Asking pre-research questions

What is my aim for studying this subject?

What are my expectations?

Why should we do research on QoL?

What is a goal of our research? Which topic? What would I like to do?

What kind of research? With whom? For whom?

What are outputs of this research? Who owns the results? How are they (re)presented? By and for whom?

 

Choosing research topic or problem

- think of the topics on our research 

- choose the most important topic according to criterias of your interest, relation to QoL, problem relevance and "doability".

Your themes are:
- perception of parks in Brno
- view of foreign students on Brno
- problem of individual car transportation in the centre of Brno
- attractivity of tourist points
- bike or skate lanes designated for alternative transportation
- various park training instruments in Brno parks

 

Starting points of our research

- response and reflection on the research questions

- undertaking our research - doing field notes

- reading the cookbooks, other research accounts, case studies...

- mixing up reading, writing and doing

- no conceptualizing and theorizing, rather following the real associations

- thinking of the selected problem through the relations and associations which are connected with

- drawing a schema of these actors and their connections (as a mind map)

- discussing the character of these relations

- thinking of our role in this network how we can use our power to do relevant research on this problem concerned with QoL

Network of the actors and our research?

How can we use this network to do the research on QoL?

What actors should we focus on? Why?

Whose QoL do we do research on?

What kind of the research could we apply on these actors?

What kind of the methodology could we use investigating on these actors (or with them)?

What are time-space circumstances and limitations?

 

Specification of the research aim

- which locality / community?
- pre-research observation / psycho-geographical mental mapping?
- writing the notes / taking the photos?

- what will be the outputs?