These are more papers for my boss so I can try to keep him sweet! Would appreciate if anyone could get them as I can't.

Willson, J. D., Ireland, M. L., Davis, I. M. 2006. Core strength and lower extremity alignment during single leg squats. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 38: 945-952

Earl, J. E., Monteiro, S. K., Geiser, C. F., Alexander, P. T. 2007. Reliability and validity of a 2-d approach to assessing frontal plane dynamic alignment of the lower extremity. Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy 37: A1-A19

Willson, J. D., Davis, I. 2007. Utility of the frontal plane projection angle of the knee during single leg squats. Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy 37: 19-A20

I think the second and third only come as abstracts but my boss is convinced otherwise!

Thanks, Nx

Well done everyone - I managed to finish my proofreading before work but it took me much longer than expected so that is probably it for today, I'm at work now and have a nasty sty so feel like I've been punched in my left eye!

Tomorrow I'm on a research student wellbeing course all day so will be a nice break from the computer!

Good morning.

Just got back from stables - first goal is to finish proofreading this manuscript for my supervisor so I can send it back to him by midday, I have about 100 pages left but he said that if the first few pages of a chapter looked good I could just go on to the next one. Then I'll make myself look presentable and walk the dogs, hopefully will get back in time to do an hour's work and get stuff sorted to take to work at 3pm, hopefully I'll be able to get some more work done there.

Good luck everyone. :-)

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Thanks Biddysbottom for the interesting and helpful response - I will definitely look into that. I am quite familiar with Foucault but mainly in the context of Foucaultian discourse analysis, I agree he is difficult to read but I will give it my best shot, and I'm sure my supervisors will help me as they like Foucault as well.

Thanks KB - have had feedback from one of them and he was quite pleased with what I had written, it is only part of a first draft anyway. I think it would be a good thing to do as well - one of my supervisors saw it in a journal article (I think) and decided that I should do it as well - maybe I can start a little trend?!

I think that everyone's thesis idea comes from somewhere, in the social sciences and humanities especially, I think that I read somewhere before that you will be dedicating it to your grandparents. I'll think I'll be doing something similar.

Nx

Good afternoon all, I am starting a little late as well but I have ridden my horse and tidied up the papers that were cluttering my desk after my writing day yesterday. My first goal is to finish reading three papers and summarise them as at the moment they have just been skimmed through and they are important. Then I have to get on with the proofreading that I am doing for my supervisor that is completely unrelated to my PhD...

Think something about the 'reflexive function of writing' would be relevant....

I am writing the first draft of my proposal at the moment for my first review in the middle of May. At my last supervision my supervisors suggested that I write a brief autobiographical section at the beginning of each chapter, that would relate to the content of that chapter. They thought it would be a nice touch as my research is based on personal experience and is entirely qualitative and reflexive. The research method I am predominantly using is a psychoanalytic analysis of autobiographical narratives as well so if I write some little narratives it would be consistent with the methodology.

This proposal I'm writing now is basically an overview of the project and I want to include the little narratives that I will be writing but I'm not sure how to explain it properly. This is what I have at the moment, and I am aware this isn't very well written:

I also intend to include brief autobiographical sections, perhaps to introduce each chapter as personal experience and opinions have been the principal motivations behind this project. As I frequently feel detached from the equestrian community, both due to my own childhood and out of choice, I consider myself to be in an interesting and advantageous position where I can criticise aspects of the equestrian community, particularly in terms of how they associate with the Irish travelling community. I would like the brief autobiographical introductions to each chapter of the thesis to link sophisticatedly with the chosen research method and the content included in the ensuing chapter.

Does this make some sense? And has anyone else had to do something like this before in their PhD or related articles they have written?

Thanks, Natassia x

Good afternoon all, I am a little hungover as well as I drunk a little too much wine last night and stayed out later than intended, was a good night though and I think I deserved it after my stressful week. Drinking lots of coffee today to keep me going.

Today I'm writing the methods section of my proposal (review mid-May) to send to my supervisors later on.

Good luck everyone!

Thanks a lot! :-)

This isn't for me, it's for my boss. I need to keep him sweet so would appreciate it if I could access this!

Niemuth, P. et al. 2005. Hip Muscle Weakness and Overuse Injuries in Recreational Runners. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 15 (1): 14-21

Thanks, Nx

PM sent, thanks a lot

Well done - I love meetings like this, unfortunately they can be few and far-between! I'm pleased that you're feeling uplifted and keen now, a good meeting can work wonders. :-)

I have access to this journal but I need an old paper from it and I only have access to issues published after 2003. Would be grateful to anyone who has more access than me and can get hold of it.

Davies, B. & Harre, R. 1990. Positioning: The Discursive Production of Selves. Journal for The Theory of Social Behaviour. 20 (1): 43-63.

Thanks, Nx