Practice statement

As the driving force of fieldwork practice, inquiry involves curiosity and effort to understand and challenge assumptions. It is not just an intellectual endeavour but a joyful iterative process of testing and experimentation. It is less about having the ‘correct answer’ and more about coming up with interesting questions to guide exploration.

In my practice, inquiry is a mix between structure and flexibility: it is the place where exploration begins. Sometimes, it will result in a new practice, sometimes it will be a one-off test. Inquiry sparks from the things that I know (for example, librarianship) and expands into the edges of my comfort zone (for example, computer programming).

Inquiry in practice : projects and field notes

Projects

Personal library catalogue

Personal library catalogue

A fully-functioning instance of Koha with my personal book collection

Online library catalogs · Reading · Technology

Spotify wrapped (Jupyter notebook)

Spotify wrapped (Jupyter notebook)

A Jupyter notebook and synthetic data set for analyzing Spotify data

Electronic data processing · Study and teaching · Instructional and educational works

Image tiles (Jupyter notebook)

Image tiles (Jupyter notebook)

A Jupyter notebook to create a tile out of images, identifying the predominant colour to use as a background

Image analysis · Information visualization

Shared crafting inventory (CollectionBuilder site)

Shared crafting inventory (CollectionBuilder site)

This collection features images of crafting supplies (primarily wax stamps and wax seals) that are up for sharing among the owners of these supplies, as well as to plan purchases of new supplies by avoiding duplication.

Digital libraries · Hobbies--Equipment and supplies

Field notes

Practice development and evolution

Study

  • Anatomy course (20 h). -- Ayesha Nobes, 2024.
  • Certified mindfulness teacher : professional level. -- International Mindfulness Teachers Association, 2024.
  • Diplomado de formación profesional en mindfulness. -- Instituto Mexicano de Mindfulness, 2024.
  • Creating digital collections with minimal infrastructure : hands on with CollectionBuilder for teaching exhibits. -- Victoria, BC : University of Victoria. Digital Humanities Summer Institute, 2023.
  • Mindful awareness practices I : for daily living. -- UCLA. Mindful Awareness Research Center, 2023.
  • Corpus linguistics : method, analysis, interpretation. -- Lancaster University ; Future Learn, 2022.
  • Foundations of applied mindfulness meditation. -- University of Toronto. School of Continuing Studies, 2021.
  • Excellence in educating adults. -- Toronto, ON : Seneca College. Faculty of Continuing Education and Training, 2020.
  • Introduction to linguistics. -- University of Birmingham ; Future Learn, 2019.
  • Mindfulness for wellbeing and peak performance. -- Monash University ; Future Learn, 2019.
  • Python for everybody specialization. -- University of Michigan ; Coursera, 2018.
  • Teaching fundamentals certificate. -- Toronto, ON : University of Toronto. Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, 2017.
  • Social media. -- Toronto, ON : George Brown College, 2013.

Influences

Currently featured:

Dr. Chuck

influence type: teacher

Instructor/creator of the Python for everybody specialization on Coursera.

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Michael Rose

influence type: inspiration

Designer who created the Minimal Mistakes Jekyll theme, on which this website is built with customizations.

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Ayesha Nobes

influence type: teacher; inspiration

Movement instructor and creator of a thorough and thoughtful 20 h yoga anatomy course.

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See a full list of inquiry influences

Beyond inquiry

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