GS2321: PM Seminar 2

The following instructions can be found in the course guide:

The students shall continue to think through their research interests (and passions!) and their proposed research project for their Master's thesis. They should come prepared to the seminar with at least two A4 pages in which they have (re)formulated their research area, research problem and some possible research question(s). Additionally, the students should begin to think through their theoretical framework (as motivation for the research problem and question? As guideline for the operationalization of their research question?) We suggest that the students have begun reading (or rereading) relevant literature to help them with this task. If, for example, a student wants to write about processes of democratization, then literature on theories of democracy and democratization would be appropriate. At the seminar, we will discuss these and begin to play with the chosen research question and theoretical framework in relation to text analysis. What happens to the research question when, for example, the chosen method is discourse analysis? What kinds of texts would be most appropriate? What kinds of questions would one ask of a text? The students shall think about their research interests (and passions!) and formulate... [sic]

***Please note that all groups are meeting at the School of Global Studies from 10.00-12.00 on Thursday, October 21.***