Introduction
Seth Graves makes the claim that “all writing is research, and every ‘paper’ is a research paper.” Since we’re always trying to learn something new when we write, drawing from either an outside source or from our own experiences, we’re always doing research. By researching, we are able to see the world around us in greater depth as well as make our opinions and statements more credible. The sentence “integrating research gives the writer an opportunity to practice a kind of humility – of drawing upon the work of someone with more expertise” provided a particularly interesting view of using research in writing. I’ve never thought about the humble aspect of using the work of someone with more knowledge about a topic than myself when writing.
The Research Process
In this piece, Graves, Corcoran, and Belmihoub write that research is a key part of everyday life, despite many of us not noticing. The desire to learn, be it about the movies in the theaters right now or the delays on the subway, is present in everyone’s daily life. Research is an exploration of new ideas and points of view that provides ways of understanding our world that we’ve never encountered before. The sentence “In other words, we can say that research aims to defamiliarize things…” By making the world around us strange and unfamiliar, we can see and think about it differently.
Final Project
So far, I could only think of writing about the portrayal of Russians (top choice) and immigrants.
Could I include a mix of positive and negative portrayals of the group in my paper?