MRE Proposal

Requirements:

[-] ID scholarly lit [-] research questions [-] primary sources [-] research methods [-] theory [-] 4-5 pages + bibliography

Parts:

[-] introduction: - with historical context and statement of specific interests (1 page)

[-] discussion of:

• key scholarly works that identify interpretive patterns
• major questions
• kinds of evidence
• theoretical perspective
• concepts that inform the lit (1-2 pages)

[-] a clear and concise statement about:

• research Qs that you want to pose of your topic
• how these questions relate to the lit
• an ID of the kinds of primary sources
• method and theory you will work with to answer those questions (1-2 pages)

[-] bibliography, broken into:

• primary sources
• secondary sources (2-3 pages)

PH Thoughts

• ID where the reflexive might go
  • insights that come from making the thing
  • method, theory, and contributions to PH best practices - consider stakeholders, publics, research ethics, interpretive authority

DH Thoughts

• should interrogate the digital from a humanities perspective
• keep notes about process and document decisions you make about the choices you’ve made and why you make them; reflect on how these choices affect what you can see
• think critically about how privilege is embedded into the tech