Two years ago today, I submitted my thesis for assessment. I've finally got round to serialising extracts of it. Read the first post and download the thesis here. More to follow over the next four weeks! #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/03/30/thesis-introduction/

And because WordPress is sometimes a bit rubbish about social media previews in tweets, here's the photo I chose to accompany the first post: The Man and The Osa on our 2016 trip to Orkney (expect this to be the photo-theme of the serialisation!). #Crowditch #TheOsa

The second installment of serialised extracts of my thesis: (most of) the #Folklore part of my Literature Review. #DigitalEthnography #Orkney #Place #Space #LitReview
http://lydiacrow.com/2020/03/31/thesis-folklore-literature-review/

A longer post today, and quote heavy! It's the #Space and #Place part of my #LitReview. I was determined to make my thesis readable. With so much to cover, this part was tricky. The joy of interdisciplinary research! #DigitalEthnography #Orkney #PhDchat http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/01/thesis-space-and-place-literature-review/

My #DigitalEthnography methodology: establishing the research site, defining the participant group. #Orkney #Place #Space #PhDchat #TheOsa http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/02/thesis-digital-ethnography-methodology/

Methodology: #SocialMedia Data Case Studies. Twitter Hour, Facebook Groups and Pages, and Twitter Hosted Hashtags. #DigitalEthnography #Orkney #Place #Space #PhDchat http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/03/thesis-social-media-data-case-studies/

More Methodology today, this time focussing on Ethical Considerations. #DigitalEthnography #Ethics #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/06/thesis-ethical-considerations/

Today's excerpt: Utilisation of Platform Functionality. In which I discover I started two consecutive paragraphs with, "In recent years.." which will mildly irritate me approximately forever. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #SocialMedia #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/07/thesis-utilisation-of-platform-functionality/

The Creation of Space, including Defining the Parameters of Space. "To have a place, there must first be a space." #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/08/thesis-the-creation-of-space/

Orkney and the Physical Environment: including characteristics, landscape, memory, and the metaphysical. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/09/thesis-orkney-and-the-physical-environment/

Orkney and the Human Environment: community, language, artists and makers, economy. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/10/thesis-orkney-and-the-human-environment/

And onto the Discussion. First up: An Orkney Place, including the creation of place, the Orkney brand, media, and the Orkney people. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/13/thesis-an-orkney-place/

Moving on to the role of folklore: the physical environment as a conduit to folklore. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/14/thesis-physical-environment-as-a-conduit-to-folklore/

Still on folklore: To Be Human. Focussing on shared knowing and humour, and food and drink. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/15/thesis-to-be-human/

Still on folklore: The Importance of the Online Environment (click through to the thesis itself for full data quotes). Some of this thread might be of interest to the #FolkloreThursday crowd. #DigitalEthnography #Folklore #Orkney #Place #Space http://lydiacrow.com/2020/04/16/thesis-the-importance-of-the-online-environment/