Design Research Dissertation
DESIGN RESEARCH DISSERTATION
27.09.2024 - 27.12.2025 (Week 1 - Week 14)
Maisarah bt Muhd Zamri
Design Research Dissertation
Task 1 - Draft dissertation
Literature review matrix
Four years.
It took me four years to face this fear of completing this literature review matrix. This was the main reason I dropped and failed this module so many times. I hated it.
And so behold, the bane of my existence:
Literature review matrix
Ch2. Literature review
I took longer than necessary to write this section. Because like the literature review matrix that this section is based on, I hated it. I went back and forth between writing this section and the next ones, because the next ones were fairly easier to write in my opinion. I skipped tons of classes consecutively because I didn't have this section ready by its interim deadline.
(Word count: 1329)
Ch1. Introduction // Ch3. Research methodology // Ch4. Results & findings
As mentioned before, these sections were fairly easy to write. I literally just recounted what was done in the previous module. Granted, it still took a bit to finish writing because procrastination is apparently a disease and I suffer from it.
(Word count: 529 // 1354 // 1444)
Ch5. Discussion & analysis
Aight listen.
I thought I could yap in this section. I was confident that I could write at least 2000 words for this. I knew what I wanted to write. I made notes of what I wanted to write and what I thought I could write.
Then I found out that no, I can not yap. I have to keep referencing the previous sections to write this section. I can't even bring in new materials to talk about as further examples because they weren't mentioned in previous sections. This section is just a deeper look at the results & findings. And I hate it.
I did still kind of yapped in this section, because I have to. There is no logical way in which I can reach 2000 words of just facts. I mean, they were facts that I wrote in this section, but imagine someone yapping so much they go on tangents. That's what I did. I went on and on sounding like a broken record because I needed to reach 2000 words+.
(Word count: 3642)
Ch6. Conclusion
Bruh I don't even know how I'm going to write 600 words of conclusion. I feel like I've been making conclusions for every section. Should I just copy paste all the previous summary conclusions into this conclusion section?
Good god reaching 600 words is a whole cHORE. I've been writing for two days and I've only reached half the requirement. I cannot do this. My brain is fried. WHy does the conclusion have to be 600 words long? Couldn't it have just been one paragraph? Aren't conclusions supposed to be concise and straight to the point? Why do we have to yap for what seem like it would be a whole entire page?
(Word count: 601)
Ch7. Project recommendation
I have negative braincells left. I don't know what else I should write other than pointing out that my research can be redone better. What else?! I don't know what can be done in the future! Frankly, I don't care! That's for future people to decide! Why do I have to suggest? I've done my part!
So what I'm gonna do is repeat what I've already said until I reach the word count. I'm so done with this.
(Word count: 305)
(Final word count : 9204) [[+/- for some human error]]
I just barely made it...
Draft dissertation
Reflection:
I have never hated a module this much in my life. Most of the problem here is obviously me. I procrastinate, I refuse help, I skip classes, I don't want to try. I feel sorry for everyone involved in helping me write this paper, because I know how frustrating it is having to deal with my uncooperativeness. But I am way past caring at this point. I do NOT want to do this, and I just want to get this over with.
I missed the deadline by two and a half weeks. So.
Am I relieved that I'm at least done writing it? Absolutely. Am I happy with the result? Not in the least. I don't want to ever look at this again. I have a strong urge to actually print out this dissertation just so I can set it on fire.
Task 2 - Visual design
This is the part where we design the book.
Book cover drafts
I worked hard trying to figure out the composition of the title but gUESS WHAT? My lecturer preferred the first ever draft (first image with the yellow-ish banner) I made with zero thought behind it. This has happened in previous modules as well, where my lecturer would prefer the first half-assed work instead of the ones I actually put effort in. So what have I learned? To never put much effort in any designing tasks.
Final book cover + first pg inside
Flipbook
Task 3 - Final Dissertation
I actually thought I'm free from writing, but na. Firstly there is the understandable mistakes I made when labelling my tables and figures. Those amendments, I am willing to make. I accept that I've done wrong. But citations? In Ch2? At least one for each paragraph?? Pardon??? And Ch3 too? Good god, I might as well have just ripped off another research paper and cite every single line in the book.
I wasn't aware that the literature review section was meant to be written in a way where its content is taken from the literatures we've reviewed. Most of what I've written were basic common knowledge that are just... known. So when I heard "you need to put the citations," I just go blank because... do I just cite myself? I know my ideas aren't original, but what I've put down on paper is so inherently unoriginal that it isn't written anywhere else, because it's so common knowledge.
So anyway. I worked backwards and googled my sentences to see if anyone else had written it down somewhere on the internet and used that as a source for citation.
Final dissertation
Task 4 - Article Journal Publication
I am tired. This task should've been easy enough. I just have to pick a specific part of the dissertation that I was to put into this publication format. But I can't? Copy-paste?? From the dissertation paper???
I don't understand. Isn't this meant to be like a little summary, or like preview of the whole dissertation? Why do I have to completely rewrite it to avoid plagiarising myself?
Anyway. I tried rewriting what I can. Until I got tired and have gotten waaaaaay past deadline.
KREATE article journal publication
FINAL WORDS
I apologise for the unprofessionalism I've shown in this blog, but I'm not sorry enough to make this formal.
Thank you.
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