Raiders of the Lost Archive (Second season under development)
Raiders of the Lost Archive is fundamentally about sharing stories behind the research that most inspires us. We invite social scientists to talk candidly about process and archive the stories.
On Spotify
On Podbean
On Amazon Music
Here is the webpage for the podcast.
Our Semi-Structured Interview(ish):
- What is the topic you were interested in examining initially for the research project that you were going to collect data on?
- Where were you trying to conduct research on and for what purpose (i.e., what theoretical/practical problem were you dealing with)?
- How were you going to go about collecting relevant research material and from where?
- What did you find upon arrival?
- How did you proceed to collect information – really?
- What troubles/opportunities did you encounter along the way?
- What was the most comical thing you encountered?
- What was the most tragic thing you encountered?
- How (if at all) did the project change after you started collecting your data?
- What did you end up investigating/understanding?
- How (if at all) did your experience influence your understanding of the research process in general and data collection in particular?
- What would you advise others who engage in data collection efforts?
Who Are These "Raiders"?
Most voices on this podcast series will be academic social scientists. For those who are not sure what this means: We are a community of careful readers and writers. We rely on original data to make arguments and try to change the world in small ways (though of course we have different theories about how to do this, do not always agree about what kinds of change are desirable, etc.). In this podcast, our goal is primarily entertainment for fellow-travelers. We want to facilitate informative conversations about processes of data collection. We also want to enliven the imagination of how things are actually done and to provide some food for the imagination about what could be. We want to know how our (s)heroes asked questions, where they got stuck, how they found their way to unexpected new kinds of synthesis, and what they remember.
Thus far: James Scott, Lisa Wedeen, Christian Davenport, Jesse Driscoll, Robert Bates, Jen Murtazashavili, Leonard Wanchetkon, Kanisha Bond, Sarah Cameron, Zachariah Mamphilly, Asfandyar Mir, Tariq Thacil
Coming: More on the way
On Spotify
On Podbean
On Amazon Music
Here is the webpage for the podcast.
Our Semi-Structured Interview(ish):
- What is the topic you were interested in examining initially for the research project that you were going to collect data on?
- Where were you trying to conduct research on and for what purpose (i.e., what theoretical/practical problem were you dealing with)?
- How were you going to go about collecting relevant research material and from where?
- What did you find upon arrival?
- How did you proceed to collect information – really?
- What troubles/opportunities did you encounter along the way?
- What was the most comical thing you encountered?
- What was the most tragic thing you encountered?
- How (if at all) did the project change after you started collecting your data?
- What did you end up investigating/understanding?
- How (if at all) did your experience influence your understanding of the research process in general and data collection in particular?
- What would you advise others who engage in data collection efforts?
Who Are These "Raiders"?
Most voices on this podcast series will be academic social scientists. For those who are not sure what this means: We are a community of careful readers and writers. We rely on original data to make arguments and try to change the world in small ways (though of course we have different theories about how to do this, do not always agree about what kinds of change are desirable, etc.). In this podcast, our goal is primarily entertainment for fellow-travelers. We want to facilitate informative conversations about processes of data collection. We also want to enliven the imagination of how things are actually done and to provide some food for the imagination about what could be. We want to know how our (s)heroes asked questions, where they got stuck, how they found their way to unexpected new kinds of synthesis, and what they remember.
Thus far: James Scott, Lisa Wedeen, Christian Davenport, Jesse Driscoll, Robert Bates, Jen Murtazashavili, Leonard Wanchetkon, Kanisha Bond, Sarah Cameron, Zachariah Mamphilly, Asfandyar Mir, Tariq Thacil
Coming: More on the way
The image above is Davenport's conception of the process from one's introduction to a topic, through going to a place and then returning to complete the project. From this, we crafted our instrument concerning intro, entry, development, quotidian/zenith experience, turns, nadir and project completion - not necessarily in that order.
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A Pod Called Quest (Currently Paused)
A Pod Called Quest takes on everything that people concerned about injustice care about from the wealth gap to voting rights, to police brutality, to reparations, to health and well-being, to climate change, to state repression and much more. Together, Sage and Science want listeners to think with them about problems of injustice, just futures, and evidence-based solutions. Derrick Darby (aka Sage) is a philosopher. Christian Davenport (aka Science) is a political scientist and sociologist. Join our quest to impose logic as well as data on the struggle for justice in America and globally.
Here is the webpage for the pod(cast) where you can start the quest
Here is the webpage for the larger effort: doing the knowledge
Let our journey begin!
Hit us up on twitter @doingknowledge or instagram doingtheknowledge with your thoughts or ideas for episodes. We are on this quest together.
Here is the webpage for the pod(cast) where you can start the quest
Here is the webpage for the larger effort: doing the knowledge
Let our journey begin!
Hit us up on twitter @doingknowledge or instagram doingtheknowledge with your thoughts or ideas for episodes. We are on this quest together.
