Draft papers: The heat is always on ...

Writing is never easy here. My 'pen' runs pell-mell and I invariably follow; dragged and teased from discipline-to-discipline, while trying to pick up any semblance of a coherent thread.

Perhaps that's the cost of being naturally(?) drawn to mind-mapping, Hodges' model specifically and the substrate - structure it affords.

While painful, the papers I've produced show (as listed in bibliography and with others) that I can get there.

In February I posted:

Call for Papers (i) Community Development and Preventative Care With Older People:

New Values and Approaches

Call for Papers (ii) Community Development and Preventative Care With Older People ...

In truth, of course, there was no way I was going to complete a submission by July. I've been intent to throw caution to the wind, even at risk of being blown flat on the my face (and worse?).

Winding back further to October and December 2021 and the 12,000 word draft: "Society, Technology and COVID19 in Hodges' model":

https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2022/10/draft-papers-iii.html

I approached a journal regards the draft 'Society, Technology and COVID19 in Hodges' model'. Having reduced the original 12000 words to 7700, the paper is of interest, but is (as expected) too long. There is the possibility of reducing the word count to 5000, or splitting the essay.

Duly resubmitted, the feedback from the reviewers, all three, is spot-on. 

Since the (N.) spring, I've tried to re-structure and provide a meaningful discussion. In conclusion. It's  not happening.

One reviewer noted: 

"I still do not have a clear understanding of where the model comes from and what its axioms are."

Repeating myself no doubt, the book chapter on the work of Michel Serres:

Jones, P. (2008) Exploring Serres’ Atlas, Hodges’ Knowledge Domains and the Fusion of Informatics and Cultural Horizons, IN Kidd, T., Chen, I. (Eds.) Social Information Technology Connecting Society and Cultural Issues, Idea Group Publishing, Inc. Chap. 7, pp. 96-109.

- resulted from an earlier draft which was well-shredded by the nurse journal reviewers. They did help - I've a paper to review myself.

Out of flames though that chapter quickly emerged and took flight (well, was 'completed' at least). So if you are writing and struggling - take heart.

Avoiding nursing journals (enough = enough? Nobody is interested): 

I now think I have an improved plan for two papers. The first will consider the axioms of care within Hodges' model; plus (please don't laugh!) what insights might follow if I/we treat Hodges' model as a mathematical object?

Can I claim mitigation by suggesting this (folly) is not entirely my fault . . ?

"Thus, the author can take a different approach and with a structured discussion of ideas, the author can generate testable hypotheses to move forward with a research paper. A more structured theoretical approach would also help to pique the interest of more advanced readers, especially academic audiences such as faculty who want to learn about something outside of their own research areas."

STRANGER IN
A STRANGE LAND

I feel I've no choice but to respond to the reviewer quite literally. As a non-mathematician, perhaps I can pique the interest of more advanced readers and faculty? The aim of the former archived website and this blog is to pass-on this baton² 😉to others; people who can understand it anew and apply it to the problems (solutions ...) of the century.

So in part two, the 'Society, Technology and COVID-19 in Hodges' model' piece will be structured (re-written) using hypothetical examples that ask questions of Hodges' model, the audience, and most definitely - me! It might, if not too grandiose, even ask questions of mathematics too and the humanities(?) - hence reading to follow. A real trick would be if these two papers could also stand alone.


n.b. After attending the UKSS Conference today, I must consider systems too (but don't panic - it's OK!) - to inform a title: re. humanistic & mechanistic systems? Yesterday, I really enjoyed 3 hours chatting to two fellow systems enthusiasts, who work in public health; and business / management respectively. We met in Oxford, at the Ashmolean cafe. 

UKSS Conference is bound for Oxford next year and when I have details I will post here.

Book cover:
https://www.hachette.com.au/robert-a-heinlein/stranger-in-a-strange-land
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