thesisproposal写作指南及样本.docx
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Thesisproposal写作指南及样本
proposalshouldmakeaconvincingscholarlycasethattheprojectisrigorous?
andinnovativeintheoryandconception,methodologyandmaterialcontent,an?
dthatitcanproducenew,relevantandindependentlyverifiableinsights.?
Theproposaloutlineformatalsoprovidesthemainstructureforthefinalthe?
sisessay.?
Introduction:
WintheReader’sAttention?
Everyproposalshouldprovideclear,explicitanswerstothreequestions:
?
Whatarewegoingtolearnfromtheproposedprojectthatwecurrentlydonot?
know?
Whyisitworthknowing?
Onwhatbasiscanweevaluatethevalidityoftheconclusions?
Saywhatyouhavetosaydirectly,firmlyandconcisely.Grabthereader’sat?
tentionintheopeningparagraphs.Hereyoushouldoverstate,ratherthanunde?
rstate,yourquestionorposition.Youcanintroducequalificationslater.?
Oneapproachistobeginwithaclearlyposedquestion:
"Hasthediscourseof?
developmentachieveditsends""Isanthropologytheagentofimperialism""W?
hatcontributionshasanthropologymadeinthequestforworldpeace"Donot?
poserhetoricalquestions,butconcreteissueswhoseanswerscanbedetermined?
whiletheyarenotimmediatelyapparent.?
Alternately,stateyourcentralpoint,hypothesis,orinterpretationdirectly:
?
"Culturaldifferencesdonotkillpeople,onlypeoplekillpeople.""Developm?
enthasdonewondersfortheremainingfood-foragingpeoplesoftheplanet.""?
Thestudyofpopularmusicrevealstheunspokenculturalpreceptsofthesocie?
tythatproducesandconsumesit."?
Ofcourse,noteveryprojectisreducibletosuchbriefpropositions.Itmayb?
enecessarytolayoutalogical,sequentialargumenttodefinethecorequest?
ion.However,ifyoursisamorecomplexargument,becertaintoprojectacle?
arandexplicitmessagethatwillmakeyoursstandoutfromotherproposals.?
WritingStyle:
StriveforClarityandGrace?
Yourproposalshouldofferaclearexpositionofanthropology’sresearchfron?
tiers,notatediouslitanyofitsdullerdimensions.Avoidpretentiousjargon?
andiftechnicallanguageiscalledfor,useonlythosenewwordsandtechni?
caltermsthathavenoequivalentsineverydaylanguage.Likewise,focusonth?
eideas,notthedetails.Arguetheconceptsandtendenciesinyourareaofco?
ncentration,notthedescriptivefinepoints.Keepthemaintextasstreamline?
daspossible.?
Poorwritingkillsthebestofideas.Useastylemanualinallyourwriting.?
Oneexcellentwritingreference(availableonline)isStrunkandWhite'sTheE?
lementsofStyle.Thisandotherresourcesareaccessiblefromthejumppage,?
AnthropologyResourcesontheInternet,reachedfromalinkontheHartwickAn?
thropologyDepartmentHomePage.?
TheoreticalConcerns:
EstablishtheProposalContext?
Yourproposalshouldnotbeatiredexerciseintheobvious.Itshouldstatew?
hatnewknowledgetheprojectwillproduce.Summarizepreciselyandsuccinctly?
thecurrentstateofknowledge,andprovideacurrent,comprehensivebibliogr?
aphy.Youdonotneedtoprovideareviewof"theliterature,"butofferacle?
arlyfocusedviewofthespecificbodyofknowledgetowhichyouwilladd.The?
bibliographyprovidesameasureofyourseriousness,anditscomprehensivenes?
swillreflectuponyourproposal'sevaluation.Agoodbibliographyindicates?
thoroughpreparationtoensurethatyourprojectwillenhancetheworkofothe?
rs,notduplicateit.?
Avoidexcessivediscussion,especiallyintheAbstractandIntroduction,ofth?
egeneraltheoreticalproblem.Concentratemoreondiscussingspecificallyhow?
youwillcarryouttheresearchandanalysis(seemethodologydiscussionbelo?
w).?
Intheearlystagesofproposalwriting,theHartwicklibraryprofessionalsca?
nhelpyouidentifyandaccessthemanyprintandelectronicresourcesrelevan?
ttoyourproject.BeginwiththeLibraryofCongressSubjectHeadingstoiden?
tifythekeywordsthatwillbeessentialtoefficient,effectivebibliographic?
research.ConsultsuchresourceguidesasDissertationAbstractsInternationa?
l,theSocialSciencesCitationIndex(SSCI),SocialSciencesIndex,andtheS?
ocialSciencePeriodicalIndex,andotheronlineperiodicalsearchengines.Th?
eAnnualReviewofAnthropologyisanimportantvenueforstate-of-the-artdis?
cussionsandextensivebibliographies,asaresucharea-studiesguidesasthe?
HandbookofLatinAmericanStudies(availableonline)andtheInternationalA?
fricanBibliography.AlsoconsideronlinedatabasessuchasCARLandERIC.In?
theearlystages,Iwillaskthatyouidentifytheresearchresourcesyouhave?
utilized.Youwillavoidfrustrationandsavevaluableresearchtimebyconsu?
ltingsuchresourcesattheoutset.?
WhatIstheCoreObjective?
Thestatementthat"ithasnotbeenstudied"maybeasufficientargument.Ind?
eed,generally,thelessknownaboutone’schosentopic,themorecompelling?
theproposal.Whateveryouchoose,aimtoconvincethereaderthatyourtopic?
isnotonlytimely,butalsothatitsresultswillelucidateenduringhumanpr?
oblems.?
Explicittheoreticalinterestisalwaysimportant.Yourtheoreticalframeshou?
ldsituatethequestionintermsofitsrelevancetocontroversialtheoretical?
arguments.Howdoesyourprobleminformthemaintheoreticaldebatesinanthr?
opologyHowdoesyourapproachtestacceptedideasoroffernewonesTobee?
ffective,yourproposalshoulddemonstrateawarenessofcompetingviewpointsa?
ndargueyourpositionbyaddressinganthropologicaltheorybroadly,whilenot?
ingalternativetendencies.?
ConceptualIssues:
DevelopanInnovativeApproach?
Enigmasandseemingcontradictionscanbepowerfullypersuasive."Beginningin?
the1950s,theCivilRightsMovementpromisedtoremakeracialrelationsint?
heJimCrowsouth,butseveraldecadeslater,identitypoliticsismorecontro?
versialissuethaneverinpopularculturaldiscoursethroughoutthenation."?
"AfterWorldWarII,socialscientistsworriedthatwidespreadmigrationtour?
bancenterswouldunderminerurallife.Indeed,theeffectscanbeseeninman?
ypartsofthecountry,buttoday,aidedbymoderncomputerandcommunications?
technology,anewurban-to-ruralmigrationtrendissimultaneouslyunderway."?
Cautionarynote:
Unlessyouhavesomethingoriginaltoadd,youmaywanttoav?
oidtopics"ofcentralinteresttoanthropology."Usuallythesearesubjectsa?
boutwhichmanyarewriting,inresponsetothedefinitivecontributionofat?
rueinnovator.Bythetimeyouwriteyourproposal,dotheresearch,andsitd?
owntowrite,youmightwishyouwereworkingonsomethingelse.Soifyourin?
terestsleadyoutoarelativelyunexploredproblem,one"notofcurrentandc?
entralinteresttoanthropology,"considerpursuingit.?
OutlineYourMethodology?
Regardingmethodologicalefficacy,theproposalmustspecifyyourresearchstr?
ategyandhowyouwillinterprettheresultsvis-à-visyourcentralproblem.?
Donotjuststateyourgoal;tellhowyouwillgoaboutit.Amethodologygoes?
beyondsimplylistingresearchtaskstoassertingwhythesetasksconstitute?
thebestapproachtotheproblem.Asimplelistingoftasksdoesnotnecessari?
lymeanthattheycomprisethebestormostexpedientapproach.?
Somecommonexpressionsdonotspecifytangibleresearchstrategies.Forexamp?
le,"Iwilllookattherelationbetweenxandy"isuninformative."Lookinga?
t"arelationbetweenvariablescanonlybedoneindirectly,bydiggingthroug?
harchives,interviewing,observingandtakingstandardizednotes,collecting?
data,analyzingpatternsandthelike.Howwillyouhighlighttherelationship?
ofunderlyingforcesintrinsictothemassofdataYoushouldoutlinethepr?
ocessofgatheringdataandinterpretingitasspecificallyasyoucan.Whata?
ctivitieswillyoupursuetocollectdata,whattechniqueswillyouusetoana?
lyzeit,andhowwillyoutestthevalidityofyourconclusionsDonotleave?
thereaderwonderingwhatyouactuallywilldo.Specifythesources,therespo?
ndents,andtheproposedtechniquesofdatacollectionandanalysis.?
Proposalsthatengageapowerfulcurrentissue(identity,gender,ethnicity,r?
ace,nationalism,hegemony,culturalresistance,relationsofstatesandindig?
enouspeople)oftenfollowapredictablyweaklineofreasoning.Theybeginby?
discussingvarioustheoreticalformulationsoftheissue.Thentheyofferav?
aguelaundrylistofresearchmethods,hintingthattheprojectwillapplythe?
"appropriate"methodologyinthefield.Theproposalendsbyassertingarath?
erslackandgeneralizedconnectionbetweenBandA.Trytoavoidthisdeaden?
d.?
Incontrast,acomparativeresearchdesignhasparticularappeal.Insomeways?
allresearchiscomparativebecauseitmustemploysomeimplicitorexplicit?
pointofreference.Makethecomparisonexplicittoenhanceitsvalueasanav?
enueofscientificinquiry.Incomparativeproposals,theevaluatoraskswheth?
erthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthechosencaseselucidatethecen?
tralquestion,andwhethertheauthoriscapableofexecutingbothsidesofth?
ecomparison.?
Summary:
RestateandSpecifyYourObjectives?
Aneffectiveproposalusuallyendsbyre-invokingtheoriginalthesis.Howwil?
lresearchanditsresultsfinallyilluminatethecentralquestionHowwilly?
oudemonstratethevalidityofyouroriginalideaYoumustconvincethereade?
rthatthereissomethingclearlyatstakeinthestudy,thatdoesnothavea?
preconceivedconclusion,andthatyourexplorationoftheunknownwillyielde?
ngaging,systematicpropositions.?
Proposa
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