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== Writing a case study <ref name = "Corcoran"/> == | == Writing a case study <ref name = "Corcoran"/> == | ||
In order to write a good case study, you should: | In order to write a good case study, you should: | ||
* choose a local issue with global dimension and describe it | * choose a local issue with a global dimension and describe it | ||
* try to express the nature of the case | * try to express the nature of the case | ||
* find out information about its historical background | * find out information about its historical background | ||
* illustrate the physical setting | * illustrate the physical setting | ||
* | * describe the context (cultural, legal, economic, political, aesthetic, as appropriate) | ||
* find about other cases through which the case could be recognized | * find out about other cases through which the case could be recognized | ||
[[ | The [[writing manual|writing process]] is similar to any other academic discourse - please follow [[Blank page|instructions]]. | ||
===Remember === | ===Remember === | ||
* there should be a clear purpose | * there should be a clear purpose to the case study and the study should address it - case study writing is not simply a description of the situation | ||
* it is important that all of the actors that represent potentially diverging interests are involved in the case study and their role is explained | * it is important that all of the actors that represent all potentially diverging interests are involved in the case study and their role is explained | ||
* it should be explained how the case study could be useful for | * it should be explained how the case study could be useful for situations outside its context because... | ||
* ...your case study will be displayed as an " | * ...your case study will be displayed as an "example of your work" in the [[2010/2011 student case studies]] and serve as a model for the next intake of students. | ||
===Use of case studies === | ===Use of case studies === | ||
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* emancipatory – provide ideas, suggestions and imagery that sensitize outsiders (process oriented use) | * emancipatory – provide ideas, suggestions and imagery that sensitize outsiders (process oriented use) | ||
If you want to learn more, you might explore resources and links that we have provided you. | If you want to learn more, you might explore resources and links that we have provided you. | ||
== Example == | == Example == | ||