Provide ethnographic observations to support your description of the research topic and your research question.
MINI-PROPOSAL + ANNOTATED BIBLIGRAPHY INSTRUCTIONS
Feb 24h
This assignment will the proposal for the final assignment you will write in this course. You must introduce the topic you plan to write a final paper on, present a research question, reflect on preliminary observations and create an annotated bibliography.
More details will be discussed in class.
The assignment is composed of 2 parts:
- Mini-proposal, double-spaced, ~500-600 words (10%):
Title of your research project
1st paragraph:
- Research question
- Provide brief contextualization/description of the topic and explain why this research is important to conduct.
2nd paragraph:
Provide ethnographic observations to support your description of the research topic and your research question.
Third paragraph:
- Explain why you are in a good position to conduct this research (reflexivity).
- Brief note on research design (5 interviews with xyz people, 2-3 weeks of participant observations at xyz student club)
- Annotated bibliography (5%):
100-word annotations 3 academic sources that you will be using in the final paper. These should be strictly academic sources. (strict word count).
Each entry should explain:
- What is the topic? Brief summary.
- How is it relevant to my research project?
- How does its main argument contribute to my research and my argument?
- How will I use this source in my proposal?
