Dmb and other interested:
The Scenario that I gave I totally made up from the top of my head. However the issue I face by the Committee was similar. The part of the vast majority of dissertations are rooted in the SOM perspective, specifically in the world of objective truth. This is why methodologies are vital component of the work that we study. Much of what we know today, in our globalized world is based on the work predicated on SOM. This has had profound consequences both positive and negative. Since I had completed my doctorial work I found myself looking at ZAMM and LILA with a new appreciation. It is something easily overlook by those who have not had that experience. Pirsig was absolutely correct in noting that when he wanted to study the Indians that were so dear to him, that to approach it from a SOM perspective was totally inappropriate. I sincerely believe that if MOQ was accepted by some institution of higher learning as a metaphysical foundation and begin to be used in research methodologies. The significance of that is twofold. First it would create the static latch I have talked about in the past needed for MOQ to move forward. Secondly, and more importantly I believe the Quality and capacity of research in so many fields can finally flourish, and provide insight, meaning and understanding were where there was before ambiguity, suspicion, and in some cases intolerance of the research "Data". Specifically in my case I wanted to shed light on how school leaders deal with various issue that were social and intellectual in nature and how they dealt with them. There is no formal book research methodologies centering in MOQ. Sitting in meeting of this magnitude, that is entrenched in the SOM tradition, all I had was Lila (A novel) and a pocketful of academic citations I could dig up and bucket of ideals that were repeatedly knocked over. Mind you these were good honorable people who were rightly suspicious of gambling the integrity of their program and the work that I purposed. I was being a pioneer at which point the wheels fell off my wagon and it would have taken months even years with thousands of dollars to pull it off. I can't overstate the accomplishment of Anthony McWatt in the writing of his dissertation on MOQ, from MOQ world it is historical. In the end there was no intended pressure for me to quit my ideals but rather I had to chose a more traditional SOM, or run a gauntlet that quite frankly I doubted I had the capacity to pull it off. Though I was thoroughly disappointed in words and emotions that I cannot describe, that in the end I had to abandon the work and mission I dedicated a good chunk of my life to. My consolation is that in the end I did an honorable piece of work using traditional methods in the field I chose and in my failure to use MOQ in my work I blazed a small unfinished trail in a treacherous and hostile landscape. Also I certainly appreciate Pirsig and how it feels to be so hostilely treated by the current Apostles of the Church of Reason. Frankly it is time that we get past that and I can only hope that future pioneers will wave to my poor ole wagon as they go by. Sincerely, Mati Mati: I have just one question for you at this point. Assuming you gave Pirsig's answers, why did they object? I mean, there are quotes in Lila that address everything here except the Estonian specifics and I'm puzzled as to why that wasn't acceptable. Thanks, dmb Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
