Research Proposal Assignment 1 Due date: 4 September
Submit RPA1 to the googledoc folder before 23:59!
Open the linked folder. Access requires that you sign in to Google Drive.
Copy the template document (right-click for the option to ‘Make a copy’). Please do not overwrite the template file. A locked version is also available.
Name your assignment: RPA1-FirstnameSurname
Insert your own text in the newly renamed document. You should delete the instructions in the header and examples after you have read them.
You will be randomly assigned to an instructor group for the first Supervisory Group meeting. Read and comment on all peers assigned to the same instructor using the ‘Suggesting mode’ and ‘Add a comment’ options. Complete this peer feedback by 14:00 on 7 September.
Topic Development
(800-1000 words)
Discuss or answer the following questions:
- Topic: What topic(s) do you have in mind for your own fieldwork?
- Location: Where would you like to do this research? Be as specific as possible. Make sure your assignment posits a logical connection between the what and the where of your research.
- People: Who exactly is your research population?
- Lived Experience: Describe briefly which specific aspects of the lives of your research subjects, place(s) or thing(s) that you are interested in and (if necessary) also mention which aspects of these people, places or things are beyond the scope of your research.
- Personal connection: What experiences do you have with topic and location?
- Reason: Why have you chosen this topic? Why this population/group? (mention several reasons)
- Access: What is needed to prepare your entry and access to your research? (language, contacts, knowledge of research permit, visa procedures, health insurance, letters of recommendation)