Methodological procedures Sample Clauses

Methodological procedures. The research design has been depicted as a map “because it helps us understand some elements of reality that we need to understand” (Xxxxxxxx et al. 2013, 8). In other words, the design of a research study may be conceived as a roadmap that helps to identify what can be the best ways to collect information to arrive at a solution. The research roadmap began with a literature review to learn what previous studies had been made regarding the study of Indigenous heritage of the Caribbean and the Dominican Republic. The review of previous studies and museological theories helped in selecting critical museology as the most appropriate theoretical framework to approach the exploration of connections and Indigenous heritage collections within the educational, heritage, governmental, and educational communities in the country. Qualitative research analyzes information from various settings and in multiple forms that relate to human behavior, communication, and surroundings (Xxxxxxxx and Inui 1998). Detailed descriptions and approaches that seek to interpret context from multiple perspectives permit the use of qualitative analysis (Xxxxxx 1983). Analyzing how members from the educational, heritage, governmental, and local communities interact with collections, how they value them, and how these collections are cared for are some practical ways in which connections can be mapped. The techniques used in this research were based on qualitative design. Qualitative techniques are used to explore collected data in order to yield clear patterns and relationships (Xxxxx 2002). For the research, this was achieved by gathering information from previous academic research, institutional documents, from people involved in the management or care of heritage collections, and from individuals who do and do not visit private and public museums. The numerical data obtained from the surveys were also used for qualitative interpretation. The study helped create an inventory of national collections, and the analysis of surveys and interviews helped identify the types of access to collections communities might want to have. As part of this qualitative research approach, observations were made on how a local community near an archaeological site develops connections with excavated objects; more specifically, the interaction within the scientific context of an archaeological excavation conducted were observed as a part of the Nexus 1492 project team at two sites in close proximity to each...

Methodological procedures. Integrative Method • Part learning method (analytic-synthetic method) • Deductive method • Inductive methode