1/ You'll get the "read the intro & conclusion first" advice a lot in grad school. It's sound advice for navigating the *demands of grad school*. But I really dislike it. When I read your work, I want to explore the same terrain you did, not the the map you made afterwards.
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I feel like there can be too much emphasis on reading a lot & 'keeping up' with the literature. I suspect this might be responsible for some of the bandwagoning and shallowness we see in parts of academic work. Sometimes it can be better to read & recreate good, old things deeply
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Yes! (Yet another reason I want to read STS stuff more deeply and carefully after my defense.)
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There are two reasons to read the intro/conclusion first: 1) Is this paper worth my time? There are other papers I'll be not reading, perhaps more relevant. 2) As you read, how do the methodology and reasoning support the conclusion? It gives you agency over your reading.
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Yea, that part is valuable. I should narrow it to *books I know I want to or must* read.
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