It is DONE! Finished. *cheers*

Not sure if I want to post it, now that it's all written, but going to put up the abstract, just so you can see how it turned out in the end. After that, we'll see. Then going to bed. OMG! Sleep! I can has it!
( Dissertation Abstract )

Currently stands at just over 4,000 words, sans introduction and conclusion, which I need to see Ann about before whacking those in. But, it's DONE! The draft is DONE! Have been working on it solid for the last ... almost 19 hours (with a litre of coke), having needed to totally rewrite what I had before. Gary Alan Fine works just fine, but as a ( Read more... )

I am researching the table-top pen-and-paper roleplay game, Dungeons and Dragons. You might ask how that is possible in an academic context.

I am doing a Professional Writing and Publishing honours , which will take the form of a piece of creative nonfiction based on research into players’ personal relationship with evolving editions of the ( Read more... )

Central Research Question and Objectives

This research seeks to address issues of player investment in the current version of Dungeons and Dragons (even if it is determined that such investment is actually none at all), and how to best present these theories to an audience.

The central research question is thus: How do the key elements of ( Read more... )

I would certainly not survive without my supervisor. She puts everything in place, explains it all to me, AND helps me do my assignments ( Read more... )