Methodology

There was no emphasis on methodology in my training. In retrospect I think this was because I entered sound studies by way of a cultural studies disciplinary framing, with a strong influence from critical theory and cultural marxism. This produced a philosophical approach combined with a concern for everyday culture that was at once suspicious of formalized methodology and assumed a methodology driven by textual analysis, decoding meaning, and critical thinking. Critical approaches remain core to my work but I now reach beyond meaning and the centering of ’texts’, interested to address the affective and the complexity of different perspectives. A concern for understanding and integrating the shared basis of my writing, organizational work, and other creative works has led me to realize that listening, organization, and critical reflection are core to my research. This is a methodology, which underpins my claims to knowledge and is carried out through specific methods.