WGST 3810 Lecture 3: WGST 3810A - January 22.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 3810
• Professor: Zeina Abou- Rizk

Document Summary

Wgst 3810 - january 22, 2015: characteristics of a good research question. Should not contain scientific jargon or theoretical concepts. Should be practical, a question that could be answered. The answer should also offer something new to the literature already available. Should be related to a timely feminist issue (for this class). Develop a better understanding of certain issues, more about the why than the what, who and when: examples of a good research project. How do cu students construct feminism? (good example) How do people in downtown ottawa perceive the legalization of sex work? (good example) Heavy in jargon, it is not clear. What are the determinants of domestic violence done by men against women? (good example) What are gender specific challenges faced by homeless women in ottawa: epistemology/ ontology. Positionality, assumptions about knowledge and the production of knowledge. Consists of theories about knowledge, the nature of knowledge, construction of knowledge.