Diving deep

During Victoria Munn and Erin Griffey’s research seminar, they discussed beauty in the likes of Renaissance paintings, reflecting the ever-growing importance of beauty within our society. Their work highlighted the importance of researchers developing a comprehensive understanding of their own research topics in order to truly grasp it.

This idea has come to stick with me as I have realised the downfalls that research may have should the researcher choose to ignore this.

Failure to dive deep into your work can not only harm your research but may also restrict it. You could miss the big picture or present something that excludes different perspectives and opinions. Heck, it could even lead you to think that one view is innately superior over another.

That is why it is our job as researchers to explore how we may restrict ourselves from diving deep into our work, and how we may need to challenge ourselves to go beyond these restrictions. By doing so, we can move towards research that is more considerate and insightful.

After all, as researchers, we hold the ball in our hands to enlighten everyone who may come across our work. So, I say, why don’t we embrace that to the fullest extent that we can?!

About The Author

Charlotte, also known as Char to a lot of her peers, is an undergraduate Arts student at the University of Auckland, majoring in Communications and Psychology. Side by side with her studies, Charlotte dabbles in the world of music, specifically singing and songwriting. In the past, Charlotte has taken on creative music projects such as writing and producing a song for a PlayItStrange competition. Now, Charlotte is currently working on bringing out an EP later this year. Having already found an outlet for her emotions through writing music prior to starting University, the huge volume of knowledge gained from her academic journey, combined with the passion she holds for music, opened up a whole new world for her. In the exploration of this new world, Charlotte seeks to understand the way music can play a role in helping aid others to express experiences such as struggles with mental health. Further, through her studies in Communications, Charlotte wishes to further examine the ways in which we deliver these messages in music in order to be heard and understood. An area Charlotte hopes to be able to research in the future is how youth struggling with mental health issues can find help through exploring creative outlets, like music. She would love to explore ways in which music and other forms of creativity can help them to healthily express their experiences and emotions.

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