Critiquing Methodology presentation

Our class have started presenting our analysis of our methodology.  My presentation was quite critical of what I had done to explore the context of how women are represented in museums and galleries.  I had discovered I had been to 21 exhibitions!!  I had started by trying out quantitative analysis and made it far, far too complex.  Then I went on to do qualitative analysis, which I found more successful.  As usual I had confused 'working hard' with 'hard work'.  By gathering too much (irrelevant) data, I made hard work of it.

Feedback:

Which museums are Guerrilla Girls working on?

Leave out 'positive'  - it is judgemental. - (I got the question wrong Are Museums representing women respectfully/positively.  I had not defined either respectful or positive.  It was a closed question.  I should have known better with my recruitment background!.  A better question would have been "How do Museums represent women?")

Very hard on yourself about the failing and not getting it right - it is more a continual refinement

What are the characteristics of respectful?

Positive - is it another way of saying respectful?  (Yes! see above.)

List out the characteristics of a positive image.  (This would depend on the nature of the image).

Numbers are not working on the content analysis - are you being too complex, and why not both forms of analysis.  (Yes, use both)

The Guerrilla Girls chose who to focus on, so you can find holes in their approach.  They narrowed down then hit:  an effective method to raise the point.

Add historians and critics - raise the cultural network - getting the critical purchase.

Approaching from a binary gender perspective - go and see the Radical Eye exhibition at Tate.

Eroticised image of the male 1930s, women female vamp 1900s of the cultural form is historical/dateable, then you could pin your analysis to this.  Look at the characteristics with some analysis, could be the chance to get some purchase.

Map out your understanding of a positive image - do this in reverse.  The negative thesis.
How impotent is 'positive' should it not be 'equal'.  (I don't want equal - it implies sameness, and counting numbers.  A better word is equitably - just, and right, fair and reasonable).

This would make life easier for the 'counting exercise'.  How about categorising them - e.g. personification/vehicle.

Try Woman's Hour exhibition.  Statistic (13/02) R4.