This quick guide provides a concise template to help plan a research project on religious food among Shiia communities in Berlin. The document outlines key questions to consider, including what topic to research and why it is appealing; potential access and position as an insider or outsider; strengths to contribute; effective research methods; potential collaborators; project timelines; and significance of the research topic. Responses are limited to two sentences per question to confirm understanding of key project design concepts.
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1st seminar HOMEWORK 42600042 Developing a Project Guide
This quick guide provides a concise template to help plan a research project on religious food among Shiia communities in Berlin. The document outlines key questions to consider, including what topic to research and why it is appealing; potential access and position as an insider or outsider; strengths to contribute; effective research methods; potential collaborators; project timelines; and significance of the research topic. Responses are limited to two sentences per question to confirm understanding of key project design concepts.
This quick guide provides a concise template to help plan a research project on religious food among Shiia communities in Berlin. The document outlines key questions to consider, including what topic to research and why it is appealing; potential access and position as an insider or outsider; strengths to contribute; effective research methods; potential collaborators; project timelines; and significance of the research topic. Responses are limited to two sentences per question to confirm understanding of key project design concepts.
Formative assignment (= you are not being graded for this task). Fill the following table to confirm you have understood the concept of project design
Use this quick guide help you put your thoughts in place plus your plan of action to address each one. Do not write more than two sentences per box.
Estimated duration: c.28-30 minutes
Question Plan of action Potential challenges
What to do research on? Why is it appealing to you? Religious food among Shiia in some of these ceremonies Berlin take place in next semester .
Can you guarantee that you
have access? Do you have I can not speak Turkish, so I can not insider/outsider status? get an interview from them but can talk I am insider Why? Why not? with Arab, Persisch and Darisch Shiia.
Why are you the best
person for this project? I am an insider and am allowed to Being an Insider can make Bios in Which strengths do you go to such religious places and also seeing some parts and ignoring bring? I have a sociologist background other parts of this phenomenon
Which methods would be
It is not possible to be participant most effective? Participant I think combination of third observer in some of ceremonies observation, interviews, would be better since they take place in next online searching? semester
Who might be involved?
I hope I can convince enough people Who will you be talking to? Shiia people who participate to Which collaborators might celebrate and give food to for interview be effective? others
When to begin and end the
Religious food are served in one of them which i will have project? Is your topic date- different ceremonies. specific, is it based around access, take place on Thursdays some of anniversary and some, specific concerts, or weekly celebrations?
Why is the project
It shows how religion make significant? WHY should different meaning and essence you do it? What are we for things(food) which are going to learn from it? neutral in first glance.
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