{"id":759,"date":"2020-04-30T09:16:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/?p=759"},"modified":"2020-05-11T16:50:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T21:50:54","slug":"research-runs-in-a-circular-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/performinghistory\/2020\/04\/30\/research-runs-in-a-circular-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Research runs in a circular motion"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 9th, 1920 Le Bestiaire <\/em>by Francis Poulenc was premiered at the Salle Gaveau concert hall in Paris.1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

100 years and 10 days later here I am writing about it.<\/p>\n

This is a research blog. This is also a quarantine blog by default because today happens to be April 29th, marking my 6th week of being home due to COVID-19. This is also a reflection blog, because after forcing myself to look at my calendar, I realized I am about 2 weeks away from finishing my degree.<\/p>\n

Like the excellent student I am, I began my research by doing a quick Google search. Much to my delight, the fifth search result down was a blog on the Musical Geography website<\/a> where a prior student had posted about my same piece. The author of the post isn’t listed, but I know they wrote it in the fall of 2015. This blog post is a treasure trove of information to me, precisely because of the helpful works cited list at the end of the post. This is a component of blog post writing that I tend to dread the most, but usually ends up being the most useful. I also appreciated the direction that the author went in reflecting on how Poulenc’s new composition could be a manifestation of a new type of French identity, a similar trend I had been finding in my own research. Another exciting aspect of reading this blog post is that I can in turn cite it in my own paper, continuing a history of research that stretches from this student to me, and possibly on to the next student who takes this course.<\/p>\n

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Research, to me, has always been about creating a conversation with the past. Once I finally grasped the concept that everyone is just choosing their arguments and that its all about how you make your point, I began to look at history as much more flexible than before. In turn, peering back only 5 years into another student’s take on my research project has its own rewards. What has come out in the last 5 years that could develop this argument?<\/p>\n

As I prepare to metaphorically leave St. Olaf, what will I leave behind? Will anyone find what I wrote and wonder what the hell was I thinking? I’d like to think I’m part of one big circle, drawing back and back again, each time getting a little closer to the truth.<\/p>\n

Thought is like a little boat upon the sea<\/span><\/p>\n

Everybody is a part of everything anyway<\/span><\/p>\n

You can have everything if you let yourself be<\/span><\/p>\n

–Donovan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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1<\/a>Musical Geography of 1924 Paris Data, accessed April 29th, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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