Myths in Research: Beliefs, Bias, and Assumptions That Shape Our Knowledge

Myths in Research: Beliefs, Bias, and Assumptions That Shape Our Knowledge 

This event is hosted as part of Arts Week 2017

Wednesday 17 May 2017, 19:40-21:00

Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PD | Map

‘Myths in Research’ invites research students, as well as the wider public to contemplate the role of beliefs, bias and assumptions in academic and everyday processes of knowledge production. The event is to ask where and how research is susceptible to bias, assumptions and beliefs, where this is problematic, inevitable or, in fact, productive. In giving insight into the ways in which different disciplines deal with such types of preconceptions in their research, the aim is to encourage understanding of the research processes in the humanities, arts and social sciences in general, and help research students to critically reflect on their own research experience and practice. Continue reading “Myths in Research: Beliefs, Bias, and Assumptions That Shape Our Knowledge”