Starting to flesh out my thesis.

I dropped in to see Jill, my supervisor, this morning.  I was well fired up, having slept on the ideas raised in yesterday's writing sessions.  I had created a one-page mind map, as suggested in the session with experienced Supervisors.





Upside down because I've forgotten how to rotate it here.

Putting it into a linear order:

Title - Valuing Women

Literature review - describe Schwartz Theory of Basic Values.  Useful because multi-dimensional
                              contrast with single value theories (Kohlberg and Gilligan) Unhelpful because one-dimensional
                              Situated knowledge - partial and privileged.  Plus debate by critics
                              Women (+ lack of power) -v- men (+ power) in situated knowledge
                              Masculinist values

Data gathering - visit to NPG 20th Century Gallery - rehung 4/11/17
                           use Schwartz Table of Basic Values to identify values in artworks
                           identify gendering of media in art
                           identify Collections Policy and gendering in collecting criteria.
                           identify sources of artworks on display (NPG collection or private collections)
                           

Analysis - evaluate values displayed in 20th Century Gallery rehung artworks/selection criteria
                create gender breakdown
                evaluate compliance with policy
                identify patterns and trends 

Conclusions - to be advised

Practical outputs - My textile artworks
                              Semi-structured interviews with many woman about specific women.  
                              Identify values and categorise according to Schwartz Table of Basic Values
                              Identify patterns and trends
                              Select (very few) women who display values that demonstrate a diversity of values on Schwartz's table
                              Create (3?) samplers