The intersection of immigration and public health is so interesting, I can’t wait to see your project progresses in 306. As you mentioned in the presentation, you are still solidifying your Literature Review groupings, if I may make a suggestion to also look into academic discourse — feminist political ecology — which speaks a lot on the reproductive rights of women. Here are some questions I have for you as you move forward with your Final Narrative Paper:
How have the interpretivist texts we read in class (for example the Carabine reading) helped you in your Research Design Sketch and helped frame certain research standards in the interpretivist research methodology?
What symbols or representations have you seen thus far in the text that construct Jane Doe as either a criminal or an unaccompanied minor?
What strategies do have in place to ensure that concepts such as reflexivity and trustworthiness (Lynch and Schwartz-Shea readings) are effectively translated throughout your research project?
Megan,
Your topic is so interesting! I’ve never heard of this case before, so I found your presentation truly riveting. On the last slide, you discussed that you were unsure of whether or not to include popular discourse in your project. I personally, think it would be extremely interesting to include social media posts/images in your project. I believe that they would provide an intriguing dichotomy between official court discourse and popular discourse. That being said, I also think that if you did not emphasize this contrast/comparison it has the potential to muddy your research topic. Meaning, I think that if you only included a few sentences on popular discourse it would confuse the reader and potentially dilute your main point. That being said, It would provide an interesting contrast, and you should definitely consider it. Overall, I thought that your comparison of immigration and abortion discourse in the courts displays an intriguing intersection that is worth exploring through multiple lenses (official and popular discourse). Your presentation was so interesting, good job! I can’t wait to hear how it went next semester!
your topic is not only intriguing, but so important in US context right now! I too initially aimed to develop a discourse analysis of popular and official discourses, but was advised by my mentor to choose only one so as to analyze it as deeply and thoroughly as possible. I believe in your case the official discourse may be the best route as it seems that is the most nuanced direction to take as research has looked into popular discourse in the past. Still, my mentor always advises me to follow my passions so I strongly suggest to choose whichever direction you feel most passionately towards. Also in regards to your conceptual groupings, I would advise looking into feminist research in particular sexuality constructions, gender binary, and what it means in society to be male or female. For this I would recommend Foucault and poststructuralist feminist literature. I can’t wait to see where you take your project!
December 11, 2018 at 12:52 pm
Megan –
The intersection of immigration and public health is so interesting, I can’t wait to see your project progresses in 306. As you mentioned in the presentation, you are still solidifying your Literature Review groupings, if I may make a suggestion to also look into academic discourse — feminist political ecology — which speaks a lot on the reproductive rights of women. Here are some questions I have for you as you move forward with your Final Narrative Paper:
How have the interpretivist texts we read in class (for example the Carabine reading) helped you in your Research Design Sketch and helped frame certain research standards in the interpretivist research methodology?
What symbols or representations have you seen thus far in the text that construct Jane Doe as either a criminal or an unaccompanied minor?
What strategies do have in place to ensure that concepts such as reflexivity and trustworthiness (Lynch and Schwartz-Shea readings) are effectively translated throughout your research project?
December 11, 2018 at 1:19 pm
Megan,
Your topic is so interesting! I’ve never heard of this case before, so I found your presentation truly riveting. On the last slide, you discussed that you were unsure of whether or not to include popular discourse in your project. I personally, think it would be extremely interesting to include social media posts/images in your project. I believe that they would provide an intriguing dichotomy between official court discourse and popular discourse. That being said, I also think that if you did not emphasize this contrast/comparison it has the potential to muddy your research topic. Meaning, I think that if you only included a few sentences on popular discourse it would confuse the reader and potentially dilute your main point. That being said, It would provide an interesting contrast, and you should definitely consider it. Overall, I thought that your comparison of immigration and abortion discourse in the courts displays an intriguing intersection that is worth exploring through multiple lenses (official and popular discourse). Your presentation was so interesting, good job! I can’t wait to hear how it went next semester!
December 11, 2018 at 1:35 pm
Megan,
your topic is not only intriguing, but so important in US context right now! I too initially aimed to develop a discourse analysis of popular and official discourses, but was advised by my mentor to choose only one so as to analyze it as deeply and thoroughly as possible. I believe in your case the official discourse may be the best route as it seems that is the most nuanced direction to take as research has looked into popular discourse in the past. Still, my mentor always advises me to follow my passions so I strongly suggest to choose whichever direction you feel most passionately towards. Also in regards to your conceptual groupings, I would advise looking into feminist research in particular sexuality constructions, gender binary, and what it means in society to be male or female. For this I would recommend Foucault and poststructuralist feminist literature. I can’t wait to see where you take your project!