Casavant (2019)

Author

Casavant, B.

Year

2019

Title

In search of a wild place: Introductory notes to a dissertation by portfolio [Doctor of Social Science]

University

Royal Roads University

Discipline (uncoded)

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Macrostructure

Unclear. Portfolio-based?

Proposed Area of Unconventionality
(Tardy, 2016)

Textual form

Description and other notes

Dissertation by portfolio (“My applied portfolio dissertation. . . is comprised of three mutually supporting yet stand-alone pieces of work. These three pieces of work are. . . . Broadly, my portfolio advances two main thematic arguments.” from page 27). Entire document is 36 pages. The written and archived component is a summary of the project, as per Royal Road (RR) Unviversity’s guidelines. It acts like a covering document: “Through this option [portfolio-based dissertation], you’ll complete your research and have it approved by the supervisory committee. After this, you can develop three different products or materials while you’re still in the program, rather than focusing your efforts on writing a traditional monograph.” And: “Unless the Vice-President Academic & Provost has granted an exemption, you’ll need to submit your dissertation for publication in Royal Roads University’s Digital Archive, ProQuest, and Library and Archives Canada to graduate. If you complete your dissertation in a non-traditional format, you need to submit a written (minimum 2500-word) summary with it. This the only part that is archived.” from: https://www.royalroads.ca/programs/doctor-social-sciences?tab=program-delivery

(Proposed) Degree of separation or connection between atypical or unconventional component(s) and conventional or written component(s)

Separate. The institutional copy of the dissertation serves as a summary of the work undertaken for the dissertation (“three mutually supporting yet stand-alone pieces of work,” p. 27).

(Proposed) Type of relationship construed between atypical or unconventional component(s) and conventional or written component(s)

Parallel. The institutional copy serves as a summary of the “three mutually supporting yet stand-alone pieces of work” (p. 27). The stand-alone pieces of work are summarized in the written component but they are not included (or at least not in their entirety).

Notes/Reasoning

None

Discipline 2 (coded)

School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Discipline Grouping (coded)

SS

Source

General database search