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Student:____________________________

Date: ______________________________
ORGANIZING MY NEXT STEPS FOR MY FINAL PROJECT:
Re-Stating My Argument & Re-Visiting My Organizational Methods

Practice, Part 1
(Directions: In the space provided, please practice articulating your project, as you currently understand
and vision it.)

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(Directions: In the space provided, please practice stating and re-stating your THESIS/ARGUMENT, as you
currently understand it.)

 I am arguing:
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(Directions: In the space provided, please practice stating which gender theories and methods you will be
building upon. For example, expound upon your research methods that you will be using as: your primary
sources (required!), which secondary sources (required!), which authors and articles, which exact ideas
from your text book, films, articles provided to you on the class blog, and/or other sites you have
researched.) Please provide a minimum of four, though for your final project you will be required to use
more than six:

 For the purpose of my thesis/argument, I will be building upon the following to construct and to
enlarge my thesis



(turn the page over and go to Part 2)


Practice, Part 2
In your introduction, state the 'concern' part
of the issue—a catchy opening statement
(Directions: In the following diagram, please construct an outline of
Explain the methodology you will be using,
generally stated and how you will apply
your overall project, as you currently envision it. This will change and
them to the issue under study adjust itself to the adjustment in your ‘critical lenses’ as you continue
State your argument/thesis; point specifically to grow in your comprehension of theories of race, class, gender,
to what you will do in this project, what you
sexuality, nation, state, citizenships, borders.)
will accomplish; forecast this succinctly for
your reader

Now…in the main body, introduce the


context of your issue, and then begin
showing examples (at least 3) that you will
be utilizing. Set up your first example and
show how the example demonstrates your
argument. This is where your analytical skills
come in using theories of gender and power
from our numerous texts. This is the ‘for
instance’ of your issue/thesis. Upfront you
will want to ‘locate’ the sites of
contestation: micro, meso and macro levels.
(i.e. across the intersections of race, class,
gender, sexuality, geography, identity,
nation…) Show us where your issue is
happening, physically, geo-politically, ….
Show us who this project is centered around.
Then…show us how you are examining
gender and power: break it down for us in
succinct, digestible parts. (Not too many!)
Just enough to re-emphasize your argument.
Then…show us the key ‘challenges’ that
continue to dominate on this issue. Do not
be shy here. Be explicit and specific. What is
at stake? Who is implicated? What costs are
involved and to whom? Why should we care?

In your conclusion (bottom triangle)… Re-


state the problem (your point, re-stated)
and tell us why your argument, and your
approach is important to the study of gender
and power. Which feminist lenses
contributed to your analysis, and why did
they make a difference in the way you
approached the problem? Then, re-
emphasize and re-connect how your work is
speaking to important theories and methods
in an inter-disciplinary way. Re-iterate what
the issues are that were raised by authors
you read—and be specific who & how
important they are...)

Finally, build your citations or bibliography


as you go; keep good records when drafting.

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