This is a nightmare. My final paper for a capstone seminar is a group project—two people, 25 pages. My partner and I are both strong students with strong opinions. We've been stuck on the introduction for two weeks because we can't agree on the framing of the argument. I want to focus on economic factors; he wants to focus on social movements.
We're both dug in, and we've wasted so much time just arguing over Google Docs comments. At this rate, we're never going to finish. How do you collaborate on a research paper when you have different academic perspectives? How do you compromise without feeling like you're sacrificing the quality of the work? I need conflict resolution advice for academics.
We're both dug in, and we've wasted so much time just arguing over Google Docs comments. At this rate, we're never going to finish. How do you collaborate on a research paper when you have different academic perspectives? How do you compromise without feeling like you're sacrificing the quality of the work? I need conflict resolution advice for academics.