ENGL 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Naila Kabeer, Cosmopolitanism, Revealed Preference
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A research proposal should establish a topic and a tradition of inquiry. It should begin with a summary of existing knowledge. It should then outline a knowledge deficit, identify a research site, and pose a research question. A research question addresses a controversy in a tradition of inquiry, which is something more complicated than originally thought or something having escaped notice. Sometimes, it may involve combining two or more different approaches to a problem. You should not know the answer to this question before you begin your research paper. A research proposal often involves summarizing a tradition of inquiry using the technique of orchestration. Notice how the passage outlines a controversy or a knowledge deficit (a statement of what is unknown or limited/faulty knowledge within a tradition of inquiry). You can outline a knowledge deficit by taking a position about a controversy or by establishing a position within the tradition of inquiry.
