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This is an introduction on traditional tools of research in the social sciences (which includes several aspects of urbanism and spatial planning).

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Most photographs in this presentation were taken by Matt Smith www.flickr.com/photos/chernobylbob/TOOLS FOR RESEARCH

Challenge the futureChallenge the future

SpatialPlanning&Strategy

PREPARED BY ROBERTO ROCCO, CHAIR SPATIAL PLANNING AND STRATEGY, TU DELFT

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YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHAIR SPATIAL PLANNING AND STRATEGY BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SPATIALPLANNING.BK.TUDELFT.NL/ OR OUR BLOG AT HTTP://RPS-TUDELFT.BLOGSPOT.COM/

SpatialPlanning&Strategy

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IN THIS PRESENTATION, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO PREPARE A PROBLEM STATEMENT AND DERIVE RESEARCH QUESTIONS.

THEN, WE WILL INTRODUCE TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THROUGH RESEARCH INTO KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY OTHERS BEFORE YOU. KNOWLEDGE IS INCREMENTAL: WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN STUDIED AND INTEGRATE IT INTO NEW KNOWLEDGE.

THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN COPYING AND PASTING. YOU NEED TO HAVE A CRITICAL MIND IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE KNOWLEDGE THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY OTHERS INTO NEW KNOWLEDGE. THAT’S WHAT WE MEAN BY ‘STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS’.

MOST IMPORTANT, YOU NEED TO ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SOURCES AND EXPLAIN WHAT IS KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED THROUGH RESEARCH AND WHAT ARE ORIGINAL IDEAS! BEWARE OF PLAGIARISM. IT IS A VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE.

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AUDIENCE

ANY ACADEMIC ENDEAVOUR STARTS WITH A QUESTION

Generic criteriaBiggs & Buchler, 2008

✤ Question (and answer)

✤ Method

✤ Knowledge

✤ Audience

Question Answer

Methods

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BUT A GOOD QUESTION COMES FROM A PROBLEM OR ISSUE YOU WANT TO EXPLORE

The problem statement is a carefully laid out ACCOUNT (a story) where you need to set the CONTEXT and the MAIN ELEMENTS that play a role in your project. IN short, you need to “problematize”. Generally, one starts by DESCRIBING a certain spatial entity (a neighbourhood, a city or a region), including its advantages.

But then one introduces a CONTRADICTION, expressing a spatial problem that needs to be tackled.

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FOR EXAMPLE

UTRECHT IS THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN THE RANDSTAD (WEST PART OF THE NETHERLANDS) WITH APPROXIMATELY 300.000 INHABITANTS IN 2009 (CBS, 2010). IT IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE NETWORK OF HIGHWAYS AND RAILWAYS OF THE COUNTRY (GEMEENTE UTRECHT, 2007). IT POSSESSES THE LARGEST UNIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY AND A DIVERSIFIED SERVICE ORIENTED ECONOMY. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE CITY HAS GAINED APPROXIMATELY 30.000 NEW DWELLINGS (CBS, 2010).

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HOWEVER...

HOWEVER, UTRECHT DOES NOT TAKE FULL

ADVANTAGE OF ITS CENTRAL POSITION BECAUSE OF THE CHRONIC CONGESTION OF THE ROADS SURROUNDING THE CITY. INHABITANTS AND COMMUTERS COMPLAIN THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO REACH THE CITY CENTRE FROM THE CITY RING ROAD. TRANSFERIA (THE DUTCH CONCEPT OF CAR PARKING NEAR THE RING ROADS) ARE UNATTRACTIVE AND NOT SO WELL CONNECTED. THIS IS MAKING UTRECHT LESS COMPETITIVE IN THE RANDSTAD IN TERMS OF OFFICE LOCATION AND IS HAMPERING CITY GROWTH.

SEE THE REAL PROBLEM STATEMENT AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT

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THIS BEGS THE QUESTION

DON’T YOU FEEL LIKE ASKING A QUESTION AT THE END OF THE LAST SLIDE? WHAT WOULD THAT QUESTION BE?

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THAT’S YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION!

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ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF PRESENTATION

HTTP://VIMEO.COM/19253276

PRODUCED BY:ADRIAN HILL

We proudly present:

Adrian Hill, Advait Jani, Eline Bugarin, Lauren Abrahams, Tahereh Keimanesh, Vahid Kiumarsi, Yingtian Zhang

Of the European Masters of Urbanism (EMU-TU Delft) IN:

“UTRECHT, A Place for knowledge”

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- ADOBE SUITE to put things together- PREMIERE for the film- ILLUSTRATOR for stills, plans and some of

the 'stop-motion graphics'- INDESIGN for 'stop motion graphics'- PHOTOSHOP for perspectives- AFTER EFFECTS for some sequences- SOUNDBOOTH for the sound- SKETCHUP with a plugin called PODIUM- GOOGLE DOCS for the script + sharing

info- WORDPRESS.com for the website.

HOW DID THEY DO IT?

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STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

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WHY BE ORIGINAL?

Source: BALLANTINE, J. (2006), Our Social World, an introduction to sociology, New York, Addison-Wesley Educational Pub

1%OF THE WORLD POPULATION HAS

A UNIVERSITY DEGREE

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WHEN IS IT OK TO QUOTE?

“AS LONG AS YOU MET CERTAIN CONDITIONS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO QUOTE DIRECTLY FROM A PUBLISHED ARTICLE WRITTEN BY SOMEONE ELSE:

THE TEXT MUST NOT BE TOO LONG

THE CITATION MUST BE PRINTED USING QUOTATION MARKS

THE SOURCE MUST BE STATED

Source: TU DELFT 2009, Cheating, don’t be tempted, Delft, TBM.

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QUOTING

“COPYING A PASSAGE FROM AN ARTICLE OR BOOK, WORD FOR WORD. MARK THE PASSAGE WITH QUOTATION MARKS AND STATE THE SOURCE CORRECTLY” (TU DELFT, 2009)

Source: TU DELFT 2009, Cheating, don’t be tempted, Delft, TBM.

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PARAPHRASING

“REPRODUCING THE CONTENT OF SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK IN YOUR OWN WORDS” (TU DELFT, 2009). YOU CAN CHANGE THE ORIGINAL TEXT SLIGHTLY OR CHANGE IT COMPLETELY: IF YOU ARE USING THE CENTRAL IDEA FROM SOMEONE, YOU NEED TO STATE THE SOURCE!

PARAPHRASING ALLOWS YOU TO INTERPRET A TEXT WHILE YOU USE IT.

Source: TU DELFT 2009, Cheating, don’t be tempted, Delft, TBM.

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HARVARD CITATION SYSTEM

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IN TEXT CITATION WITH PAGE

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FULL CITATION AT THE END OF THE TEXT

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FULL CITATION JOURNAL

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THEORY PAPEREroded public spaces: Impacts on public space by socio-economic transformations in Eastern Europe. Tadas Jonauskis

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Abstract – This paper will review the literature regarding to socio-economic changes on public spaces in

Easter European countries after the fall of USSR. It covers the topics of privatization, commercialization,

virtualization and mobilization that are the main process affecting the use of public space. Public space is the

main focus of this paper and the main question to be answered is how public space was impacted and changed by

rapid socio-economic transformations in Eastern Europe. Therefore this paper investigates the way society have

changed and the way new elements which were introduced, such as car and virtual networks, after the fall of

Soviet Union affect the behaviour and life style of the people which resulted how differently people started to

use pubic space. Literature review on these elements and aspects will give an overview and suggestions how the

public space is used and what are the threats and negative elements created by the processes of transformation

that can be avoided or solved in later graduation project stages.

Key words – Public space, urban life, street vitality, meeting place, shifted centralities, Eastern Europe, urban

society, privatization, car culture, commercialization

1 Introduction This paper will explore the reasons why public

space have changed and is still changing in state of

transition from socialism system to capitalism one

in Eastern European countries after the fall of USSR.

Socialist cities had strict rules on how the public

space had to be used and how society had to look

like and to be shaped. The use of public space was

not only different in physical characteristics from

the Western cities but also it was different how

society was seeing it and using it. A sudden change

after the fall of USSR led to number of

interpretations and unplanned and chaotic changes

in the way people were using public space. Soon

after former limitations of public realm, public

opinion and public politics in Soviet Union society

was free to express itself in a way it could imagine.

People were fascinated by formerly forbidden

‘western culture’ which suddenly became

unbreakable part of everyday life and horizon to

reach, “first comes Coca Cola, then a Shell petrol

station, then a Rolls-Royce dealership and you are

part of the league” (Bogle August 1996). As Kiril

Stanilov investigates, numbers of different social

and economic processes have started to change the

use of public space, and ‘western culture’ gained

more and more importance (Stanilov 2007).

However ‘western culture’ didn’t bring only wealth

and life quality, but on contrary it resulted in

number of negative effects which are expressed in

the way people are using public space.

This paper will cover main reasons of the public

space to be changing. Literature review will help to

identify the changes and the affects on public space.

The main question to be answered with this paper is

how public space was impacted and changed by

rapid socio-economic transformations in Eastern

European countries.

This paper will start investigating the privatization

of land together with privatization of former state

economic activities was provoked by the need of

relaying of your own. It resulted in physical

shrinkage of space and shifted balance between

public and private spaces (Stanilov 2007). In

addition new commercial activities are effecting and

changing the meaning of public space by creating

and promoting consumerist way of using the space

which lead to decay of users in other than commerce

oriented spaces. Another aspect is increase in use of

virtual networks which created new possibilities to

practice public discussions and public opinion and it

led to fewer reasons for meeting other people in

physical space. In addition mobility and private car

Eroded public spaces: Impacts on public space by rapid socio-economic transformations in

Eastern Europe.

Tadas Jonauskis

Study number 1535536 _ [email protected]

Delft University of Technology, Department of Urbanism

5th Graduation Lab Urbanism Conference

January 28th 2010

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REFERENCES!Eroded public spaces: Impacts on public space by socio-economic transformations in Eastern Europe. Tadas Jonauskis

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away from physical space to a virtual. Increased mobility created separation of the people from each other and segregated areas which are mono-functional and pedestrian unfriendly and car oriented. In the end we can conclude that cities started to change from open and collective to closed and individual cities. It changed from open city in terms of open and well accessible public space to a closed city in terms of privately owned and fenced city. Accordingly collective way of living was changed to a private ‘western lifestyle’ with the importance if individual rather than society as such. To sum up, public space was important tool to create collective communist society but now it is not used and not understood as a tool to create and promote social interactions but in opposite it is resulted to be used as a tool to separate and alienate people and create the city for individualities. 10 Recommendations The main intention of this paper is to determine the processes that are affecting the use of public space after the fall of USSR in Eastern European countries. It showed the way people are using public space under new social and economic conditions and how public space has changed in past couple decades. This given overview will give literature based argumentation for further site specific empirical research and will play a theoretical underpinning role in graduation project. Acknowledgements I would like to express my appreciation to mine main mentor Stephen Read who gave well structured support on the topic of public space. Also I would like to appreciate Remon Rooij and Ana Maria Fernandez-Maldonado for a support and lessons on writing this paper. Bibliography ANDREWS, KALIOPA DIMITROVSKA, 2002, Mastering the post-socialist city: impacts on

planning and the built environment, International Conferences A Greater Europe, Rome.

AUGÉ, MARC, 2008, Non-places an introduction

to supermodernity, Verso, London

BOGLE, SALLY, 1996 August, Invasions of the

Market Snatchers, Energy Economist,

CARMONA, MATTHEW, 2007, Public places -

urban spaces : the dimensions of urban design: Architectural Press, Oxford

CHRISTIAANSE, KEES, 2008, "[Restricted

Access] or The Open City?" In Urban trans

formations, by Ilka Ruby and Andreas Ruby, 138-145, Ruby Press, Berlin

GEHL, JAN, 2001, Life between buildings : using

public space, Danish Architectural Press, Copenhagen

HAJER, MAARTEN, ARNOLD REIJNDORP, AND ELS BRINKMAN, 2001, In search of new

public domain : analysis and strategy, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam

HANASZ, WALDEMAR, November 30, 1999, "Engines of liberty. Cars and the collapse of

communism in eastern europe."

JACOBS, JANE, 1998, The death and life of great

American cities, Random House, New York

KAREN A. FRANCK , QUENTIN STEVENS, 2007, Loose space, Routledge, New York

LEFEBVRE, HENRI, 2003, The urban revolution,

University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis

MOISEEVA, ANASTASIA, 2007, "Network city.

Urban transformations." Master thesis, Delft

READ, STEPHEN, 2009, "Technicity and

Publicness: Steps toward an Urban Space.", Footprint, pages:7-22

SASSEN, SASKIA, 2001, The global city : New

York, London, Tokyo / by Saskia Sassen, Princeton University Press, Princeton

SIK, ENDRE, AND CLAIRE WALLACE, 1999, "The Development of Open-air Markets in East-

Central Europe." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, pages: 697-714

STANILOV, KIRIL, 2007, The Post-Socialist city, Springer, Dordrecht

TEERDS, HANS, 2009, "Public Realm, Public

space", In OASE 77, Into the open. Accomodating the public, by Tom Avermaete, Klaske Havik and Hans Teerds, pages: 21-31, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam

WAGENAAR, COR, 2004, Happy : cities and

public happiness in post-war Europe, NAi Publishers, Rotterdam

References  are  the  books  and  ar0cles  used  to  write  THIS  

paper

Never  write  the  first  name  of  the  author(s).  Instead,  use  his/her/their  ini0als.  This  was  not  done  using  ENDNOTE!

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DOWNLOAD ENDNOTE FROM BLACKBOARD

BLACKBOARD WILL HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR REFERENCES AND FIND THE CORRECT FORMAT FOR

CITATION AND REFERENCING

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Here  I  searched  for  the  name  of  an  author:  Vincent  

Nadin

This  is  the  main  book  wriJen  by  Vincent.  It  has  been  cited  in  222  

papers  or  ar0cles

This  is  a  journal  ar0cle.  Normally,  it  would  not  be  accessible,  but  because  you  are  on  campus,  you  can  access  it  for  free  (you  don’t  have  to  do  anything:  the  program  will  recognise  the  fact  that  you  

are  logged  in  via  TU  DelP  

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GOOGLE INSIGHT

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WIKIPEDIA IS NOT AN ACADEMIC SOURCE

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HOWEVER...

Wikipedia  has  a  LIST  OF  REFERENCES  and  FURTHER  READING,  which  you  can  

consult.  It  is  extremely  useful  to  see  what  the  current  discussion  is  all  about.  

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YOU CAN ALSO “ASK” GOOGLE

WHAT IS GLOBALIZATION?

DEFINE: GLOBALIZATION

TRANSLATE: RUIMTE

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THESIS REPOSITORY TU DELFThttp://repository.tudelft.nl/

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ELECTRONIC DATABASES ON CAMPUS OR VIA VPN

http://library.tudelft.nl/ws/search/ejournals/index.htm

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SCOPUS

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WEB OF KNOWLEDGE

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PEER REVIEWED ACADEMIC JOURNALS

THE MAIN SOURCE OF VALID AND AUTHORITATIVE KNOWLEDGE ARE PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS.

PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO ENSURE THE VALIDITY AND RELEVANCE OF ARTICLES BEING PUBLISHED IN THEIR PAGES.

IT IS QUITE A LABORIOUS PROCESS TO PUBLISH IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS, BUT ONCE YOU DO, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AS A RESEARCHER.

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CHECK LIST

TRY TO NAVIGATE IN THE LIBRARY’S WEBSITE AND LOCATE THE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS (ONLY AVAILABLE FOR ON-CAMPUS CONSULTATION

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM ENDNOTE (AVAILABLE AT BLACKBOARD)

USE “GOOGLE SCHOLAR” FOR A MORE ACCURATE SEARCH.

REMEMBER: WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A VALID SCIENTIFIC SOURCE (IT IS NOT REVIEWED BY AN ACCREDITED PERSON OR INSTITUTION), BUT IT CAN OFTEN GIVE YOU AN IDEA OR PROVIDE YOU WITH VALID SCIENTIFIC SOURCES.

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SOME TIPS ABOUT WRITING SKILLS

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WRITING SKILLS: MAIN PROBLEMS TO TACKLE

LANGUAGE (STYLE, GRAMMAR, FLOW OF IDEAS AND LOGICAL THREAD)

LACK OF CLEAR STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT: INTRODUCTION/ CONTEXT/ BACKGROUND/ + PROBLEM STATEMENT + CONTEXT/ BACKGROUND + DISCUSSION + CONCLUSION/ RECOMMENDATIONS)

FLOW: IDEAS BEING DEVELOPED IN DIFFERENT PARAGRAPHS ARE NOT LOGICALLY CONNECTED

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AVOID AT ALL COSTS: PUB TALK

USE OF POORLY SUPPORTED POPULAR IDEAS (“PUB TALK”) OR IDEAS CIRCULATING IN THE POPULAR MIND WITHOUT ANY CRITIQUE.

USE OF CLICHÉS/ PREJUDICES/ SEXISM/ RACIAL, CULTURAL OR RELIGIOUS BIAS. THESE ARE OFTEN THE PRODUCT OF UNAWARENESS AND LACK OF CRITIQUE ON ONE’S OWN POSITION.

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‘INSIDER'S’ EXPRESSIONS

USE OF ACRONYMS WITHOUT EXPLAINING THE MEANING OR THE FUNCTION. EXAMPLE: RPB: RUIMTELIJKE PLAN BUREAU (DUTCH SPATIAL PLANNING BUREAU).

USE OF NON-ENGLISH EXPRESSIONS WITHOUT EXPLAINING THE MEANING. EXAMPLE: “STRUCTUURVISIE” OR “BESTEEMINGSPLAN”

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A COMMON PROBLEM STATEMENT

New developments in ICT and transport teknologies have create new spacial developments in network cities. Connectivity has increase, created new nodes in the network city. They aren’t well connected and connection needs to be improved thru new intrastrucuture coz this will improve connectivity.

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HOW TO GET RID OF SPELLING MISTAKES?

GO TO WORD FIRST

SET LANGUAGE (ENGLISH UK)

SET GRAMMAR CORRECTOR

SET THESAURUS

PROOF-READ! (HAVE A BREAK BEFORE)

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LET’S TALK ABOUT PLAGIARISM

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PLAGIARISM

Plagiaat (NL)Plagio (ES, PT) Plagiat (DE, FR)剽窃 (Chinese)

Λογοκλοπή (Greek)

सा#हि&यक चोरी (Hindi)

盗作 (Japanese)Penjiplakan(Indonesian)표절 (Korean) (Persian) دزدی ادبیPlagiatas (Lithuanian)

Plagiatul (Romanian)Intihal (Turkish)

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THIS IS PLAGIARISM IN VIETNAMESE!

sự ăn cắp của người khác làm của

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WHAT’S PLAGIARISM?Source: Plagiarism.org

“Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:

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WHAT’S PLAGIARISM?

According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to "plagiarize" means

1. to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own

2. to use (another's production) without crediting the source

3. to commit literary theft 4. to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.”

Source: Plagiarism.org

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WHAT’S PLAGIARISM AGAIN?

“In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterwards. But can words and

ideas really be stolen? According to U.S. law (and European Union laws), the answer is

The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property, and is protected by

copyright laws, just like original inventions”.

YES!

Source: Plagiarism.org

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COPYING AND PASTING IS NOT RESEARCH!

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DOING RESEARCH IS DIFFERENT FROM GOOGLING

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IS THIS PLAGIARISM?

FERNANDO BOTERO’S MONALISA,

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AND?Original

Salvador Dali

Matt Groening

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THIS?

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PLAGIARISM?

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PLAGIARISM?

SOURCE: UNITED PRESS, 2009

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PLAGIARISM?

SOURCE: WWW.URLESQUE.COM

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AND THIS?

ASSOCIATED PRESS THINKS IT IS!

SOURCE: HTTP://CHICAGOIST.COM/2009/02/05/AP_IN_A_SNIT_OVER_ICONIC_OBAMA_POST.PHP

"The Associated Press has determined that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission," the AP's director of media relations, Paul Colford, said in a statement.

"AP safeguards its assets and looks at these events on a case-by-case basis. We have reached out to Mr. Fairey's attorney and are in discussions. We hope for an amicable solution."

"We believe fair use protects Shepard's right to do what he did here," says Fairey's attorney, Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University and a lecturer at the Stanford Law School. "It wouldn't be appropriate to comment beyond that at this time because we are in discussions about this with the AP.

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HOW IS PLAGIARISM DIFFERENT FROM RESEARCHING?

SCIENCE WORKS BY BUILDING ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF OTHERS. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL REGULARLY USE AND REFER TO TEXTS WRITTEN BY OTHER PEOPLE.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN YOUR OWN IDEAS AND THOSE OF OTHERS. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, PLAGIARISM IS COPYING SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK AND CLAIMING IT AS YOUR OWN, WHILE RESEARCHING IS INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE INTO A NEW NARRATIVE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE SOURCES.

Source: TU DELFT 2009, Cheating, don’t be tempted, Delft, TBM.

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PLAGIARISM MAY LEAD TO LACK OF INTEGRATION OF IDEAS

INCLUDING IDEAS FROM FAMOUS AUTHORS EITHER OUT OF CONTEXT OR WITHOUT TRYING TO

INTERPRET WHAT IS BEING SAID WITHIN THE CONTEXT BEING ANALYSED.

QUESTION TO ASK YOURSELF: IS THIS ABSOLUTELY RELEVANT TO UNDERSTAND THE

PROBLEM AT HAND? WHY?

THEN SAY IT! (AND QUOTE!!!)

This is relevant for this work because...

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DUH!You must

analyse what you cite (DUH!) and

indicate WHY that is relevant!

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AND THEN QUOTE IT!

Rocco, in his methodology class, said that copying without citing is not only a crime, it is plain stupid!(Rocco, 2011)

AND INCLUDE THE FULL CITATION IN REFERENCES

Rocco, R. 2011, Tools for research, Oxford: Oxford University Press *.

Oxford University Press? He wishes..* This is just an illustration. This book does not exist!

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MORE INFORMATION ON REFERENCING

WWW.REFERENCING.TBM.TUDELFT.NL

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Questions? Write to [email protected]

With special thanks to Matt Smith (ChernobylBob) of Gloucester, UK, whose photos adorn these pages.

Matt’s photographs are available at: www.flickr.com/photos/chernobylbob/

Prepared by Roberto Rocco, TU Delft

[email protected]

Thanks!