WSDB 292

Feminism & Research Methods

Questions & Exercises

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How can you prevent the following situation:

After two hours of work, you have finally put the final touches on your Research Paper bibliography, beautifully formatted in MLA style. But now your friend tells you that it was supposed to be formatted in AAA or APA style, and you have to start all over!

Let's create a

RefWorks account

My RESEARCH TOPIC is about Montreal university students, their ideas about veganism, and how these relate to feminism, race, class and sexuality.

Can you come up with a better research topic or question?

How about:

Do gender, ethnicity or feminist beliefs shape the attitudes of Montreal university students towards veganism and vegans?

I need to find secondary sources for my research proposal and literature review

What exactly is a secondary source?

secondary source

=

academic/scholarly article* on your topic, to be included in your literature review

I need to find secondary sources for my research proposal and literature review

DISCOVERY SEARCH:

a great way to start

http://bit.do/wsdb292survey

Share your thoughts:
Keywords & Secondary Sources

using ARTICLE DATABASES

**the  "right" answers: http://bit.do/wsdb292surveyanswers

1. An overview of your topic and its significance for women’s studies and feminism

2. Why you chose this topic and your stance vis-à-vis this topic

3. Which theories you will use for this topic and the reasons why

4. Background of the topic

5. Fully integrated research literature review (7-10 scholarly sources)

6. Methodology and a concrete plan of data gathering processes

7. Outline of the segments of your paper

8. Proposed timeline.

Research Proposal

ARTICLE DATABASES:

ARTICLE DATABASES:

Find a library resource that provides basic background information on veganism, preferably from a feminist point of view.

How can you find a scholarly or academic article that  provides a LITERATURE REVIEW on veganism?

1. An overview of your topic and its significance for women’s studies and feminism

2. Why you chose this topic and your stance vis-à-vis this topic

3. Which theories you will use for this topic and the reasons why

4. Background of the topic

5. Fully integrated research literature review (7-10 scholarly sources)

6. Methodology and a concrete plan of data gathering processes

7. Outline of the segments of your paper

8. Proposed timeline.

Research Proposal

Encyclopedias* and Review Journals:

*Encyclopedias do NOT count as a scholarly/peer-viewed source

What about

primary sources?

primary source

=

 a source that provides first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic

=

the object of your study

How many news articles headlining the "idle no more" movement - can you find in major Canadian newspapers?

NEWS ARCHIVES & DATABASES

How many Indigenous women in Quebec have a bachelor's degree?

Where can you find this information, if anywhere?

**and the answer is.......

1. StatCan site: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/
2. Under the Browse by key resource tab select Census Program
3. Scroll to the near bottom and under Related Links select Previous Censuses
4. Select 2011 Census of Population
5. Under Topics select Aboriginal Peoples
6. Under Data Products select NHS Aboriginal Population Profile
7. Under BROWSE select Quebec and click on Browse
8. Under Provincial Data  click on Quebec again
9. From the drop-down menu "Select a View" choose Education and "Submit"
10.  The resulting table, with the required answer,  should look like this:
11.  NHS Aboriginal Population Profile, Quebec 2011 – Education

Answer: 3,745

Is it true that the judge in the Jian Ghomeshi case said: "there is no smoking gun"?

How can you find actual court transcripts that will prove this?

Can you get the complete text of the following article:

Chew, Dolores. "Feminism and Multiculturalism in Quebec: An/Other Perspective." Canadian Woman Studies 27.2 (2009): 84-92

Palmer, Patrice. "Empowerment of women in rural Bangladesh" Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 13, no. 1, 1992, pp. 90-96.

what about this article?

OPTIONAL BONUS CHALLENGE:

What are Judith Butler’s most influential works?

Have these works been used by current feminists writing about veganism?