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Thursday, 25 April 2024, 3:28 AM
Site: OpenLearn Create
Course: Empowering methodologies in organisational research (Empowering methodologies)
Glossary: Glossary
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methodology

Methodology (or ‘methodological’) refers to the overall approach implied by the researchers’ choice of particular methods, in combination with their theoretical orientation and the research questions that are asked.

methods

Methods are the cultural practices, norms and values that are accepted within a given research community as appropriate ways of doing research.

mimicry

Mimicry is a term used by postcolonial theorists to refer to the ways in which colonised subjects are expected to emulate the practices of the coloniser in ways that position them as always incomplete.