Hinaba Sarvaiya: Research Methodology

I am Hinaba Sarvaiya, a student of The English Department, MKBUniversity Bhavnagar. In the task given by sir to watch three videos on 'Review of related literature'. In this blog I am sharing my output on watching the three videos.

Many students are instructed, as part of their research program, to perform a literature review, without understanding what a literature review is. First I will discuss the definition of Literature Review.

Definition of Literature Review:-

A Literature Review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers.

My Understanding is that: Research means knowing something and research Scholars become a knower first. Research means something found evidence of logical or reasonable. Researchers can not have an emotional connection to their research area. Emotional connection that can not get proper results of the research.

Research Scholars are not normal human beings, they are always in a painful process. Self-doubt is necessary in research. Scientific or basic fundamental to always doubts and questions about their research. Without a doubt it can't be possible to research.

Why is literature Review carried out in research?

Literature Review is more important in our Research. Literature Review means something we refer to our Research area and give to another person's argument or what they say about this topic. We put their arguments with their own point of agreement or disagreement for that. Literature Review means finding gaps then researching the use of new methods and giving your next level arguments.

Step by step understanding of writing literature Review:-

First write a Literature Review then analysis of literature review and concluding part of your research, and final part to write an introduction. This process is very helpful to your research. Write accordingly to get ideas of what your points to prove in your thesis. Introduction's last line is connected to the concluding paragraph of the first line.

Part I: 'Ontology & Epistemology':-

The first video is based on 'Ontology & Epistemology'. If we become a research scholar, happiness is not just happiness's purpose only. Research scholars are not just normal human beings. Research Scholars' way is always a painful process.

Research means knowing something and research Scholars become a knower first. Research means something found evidence of logical or reasonable. Researchers can not have an emotional connection to their research area. Emotional connection that can not get proper results of the research. Let's given to example of that I am belong to Dalits area and my research topic based on Dalits people's life or their identity of world. It's not giving logical or reasonable results of my research because my personal attachment does not find logical or reasonable research. I always see that positive side but as researchers I am looking both positive and also negative. Observing things is not a personal bias. Observation is more important to be curious about knowledge.

How do we find things out?

This question is very important. Research Scholars to find research topics. They always think about relationships. In the word "Skepticism" means doubt. But used the capital"S" word for "Self-doubt" based on research by Scholars. They always doubt your research because knowing everything is impossible. We can never know everything. Research Scholars are always thinking about the Self-doubt like: What I understand may not be right? They keep on always cross checking.

Limitation of area:-

Scientific or basic fundamental to always doubts and questions about their research. Without a doubt it can't be possible to research. Research Scholars are not normal human beings, they are always in a painful process. Self-doubt is necessary in research.

Ann Gray in 'Research Practice for Cultural Studies' :-

-What is knowable?

-This is an Ontological question?

-What is the relation of the knower to the known?

-This is an Epistemological question?

Ontology:-

Ontological comes from two Greek Words:

Onto= Existence,or being real.

Logic= Science, or study.

Ontological means study of existence, but is a very confusing meaning to study of existence. The word ontology is used both in a philosophical and non philosophical context. If we looked at the philosophical context of what exists? This is divided into two branches.

Materialism

Idealism

Example like Shoes connected to walking. It means that shoes are material things, we have to touch. Walking is a process or feeling. Shoes connection with the texts, it exists and walking connection of theory. It means there exists relation in text and theory. Reality exists regarding human observers.

And idealism is reality constructed by the human mind and consciousness.

If you are doing more philosophical and theological work then this idea of Ontological idealism is very important. For you because that is where you are going to construct reality as an observer.

Materialism, if you are trying to look at something that is already existing there and that it is already there even if you are not there.

Epistemological :-

Epistemological comes from the two Greek Words:

Episteme= knowledge, understanding

Logia= Science, study

Epistemological means the study of knowledge or existence of knowledge. If things of belief. And justified the help of evidence. Evidence was good qualities, logical or reasonable.

Epistemology is divided into three branches: Rationalism, Empiricism, and formal/genetic and social. The most important is Rationalism. They divided it into three Deductive reasoning, intuitive method and Logical reasoning.

PART II