- Mark: Maxine, Alice, Evi, Emma
- Metje: Jerome, Simone, Chen, Geerte, Dilara, Dora
- Koen: Lian, Lotte, Christien, Linde, Sharine, Maxime
- Sander: Flore, Tamara, Jonas, Lenne, Roos, Evina
The primary task during the first phase of the program is to develop a well-developed and compelling research proposal that will serve as the foundation for your field research. The proposal must be graded sufficient before you are permitted to commence field work. Based on a series of assignments, you will be guided through the process of developing a comprehensive proposal that substantiates a self-led and original thesis project. Each assignment requires you to advance the conceptualization of your project by addressing the research question, theoretical framework, ethnographic context, methodological approach, and ethical issues.
A well-developed and sufficiently substantiated proposal also requires substantial engagement with scholarly literature. In addition to the assigned readings, you will have to also develop a list of literature specific to your project. Likewise, you should supplement assigned viewings with additional films and other audiovisual outputs related to your research interests both in terms of content and form in order to build a mediography.
One of the course instructors, skilled in multimodal/visual ethnography, will be assigned as your supervisor. This person will guide you throughout the year in the conceptualization, design, execution, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of your research. You may indicate your preference for supervisor in the first written assignment, but several factors will be considered when making the final pairings. These will be announced on 18 September in advance of the first Supervisory Group meeting (comprised of your supervisor and a small student group) on 20 September.
Each Supervisory Group meeting will focus on discussing a Research Proposal Assignment (RPA), which must be emailed to your supervisor and group members no later than 23:59 on the Tuesday before the Feedback session. You will be responsible to read your peers’ assignments in advance of the Supervisory Group meetings and provide constructive comments and/or ask probing questions. An integral part of the research design process is based upon peer feedback.
Research Proposal Assignment Overview
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