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    This document provides an outline for managing a research project. It discusses developing a focused scope for the project, managing data collection and storage, writing up the project in an organized structure, and planning for career opportunities. For project development, it emphasizes starting with clear interests and formulating a question, then iterating the scope and analysis through stages. It addresses selecting and gathering data, backing up data, and structuring the written report with paragraphs, chapters, and a table of contents. Finally, it notes the importance of drafting, finding a quiet writing space, and taking breaks while working on the write up.

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    This document provides an outline for managing a research project. It discusses developing a focused scope for the project, managing data collection and storage, writing up the project in an organized structure, and planning for career opportunities. For project development, it emphasizes starting with clear interests and formulating a question, then iterating the scope and analysis through stages. It addresses selecting and gathering data, backing up data, and structuring the written report with paragraphs, chapters, and a table of contents. Finally, it notes the importance of drafting, finding a quiet writing space, and taking breaks while working on the write up.

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    This document provides an outline for managing a research project. It discusses developing a focused scope for the project, managing data collection and storage, writing up the project in an organized structure, and planning for career opportunities. For project development, it emphasizes starting with clear interests and formulating a question, then iterating the scope and analysis through stages. It addresses selecting and gathering data, backing up data, and structuring the written report with paragraphs, chapters, and a table of contents. Finally, it notes the importance of drafting, finding a quiet writing space, and taking breaks while working on the write up.

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    Managing a Research Project

    Dorota Gołuch
    d.goluch.09@ucl.ac.uk
    Outline

    1. Project development
    2. Data management
    3. Writing up
    4. Career planning
    Action points

    Next week I am going to …


    1. …
    2. …

    In July I am going to …
    1. …
    2. …
    1.Project development: MANAGABLE SCOPE

    See Olohan & Baker 2009, sections 3-4

     Initial interests
    (materials, problems, approaches, etc.)

     Your question and contribution


    Example: my interests & choice of focus
    Postcolonial literature
    Translation
    Poland

    Which Anglophone postcolonial texts have been


    translated into Polish? Trends pre- & post-1989?
    What strategies were used and were postcolonial
    authors’ interventions into Eng signalled in Polish?
    What ethical issues do translators of postcolonial lit.
    face? Are any strategies more ethical than others?
    Is prescriptivism needed in postcolonial translation?
    Example: my interests & choice of focus
    Postcolonial literature
    Translation
    Poland

    Focus on specific material and context

    Focus on theoretical/ methodological models


    Example: my interest & initial question

    Postcolonial literature
    Translation
    Poland & Polish perceptions of postcolonial peoples

    Did Polish translations of Anglophone postcolonial


    lit. preserve its characteristic features and thus
    enable progress towards less Eurocentric
    perceptions of postcolonial peoples in Poland?
    Example: my interests & change of question

    Postcolonial literature
    Polish reviews of (translated) postcolonial lit.
    Polish perceptions of postcolonial peoples

    What perceptions of postcolonial peoples emerge


    from the discourses used in Polish reviews of
    (translated) postcolonial prose (1970–2010)?
    - How do they link with Polish self-perceptions?
    - Do Poles see themselves as ‘postcolonial’?
    - What is the role of translation acc. to reviewers?
    1.Project development – scope – exercises
    EARLIER STAGES OF THE PROJECT
    1. Write down the main areas of interest informing
    your project (3–5 keywords);
    2. Specify whether you focus on theory or material;
    3. Choose one or two of the keywords and write a
    research question that foregrounds these areas;
    4. Choose other keywords & try another question.
    ADVANCED STAGES
    1. Write your question & add 3-4 sub-questions;
    2. Try out a few versions of a title, featuring
    different sub-questions.
    1.Project development: ITERATION

    1.proposal

    2.pilot study

    3.more analysis

    4.all analysis

    ANALYSIS=WRITING? ANALYSIS >DESCRIPTION


    1.Project development – ITERATION – exercise
    Work in pairs. Ask each other these questions:
    EARLIER STAGES OF THE PROJECT
    1. What will your pilot study be (conference talks,
    upgrade chapter)? What material will you choose?
    2. How will you ensure that you regularly review your
    proposal? If your course does not cater for it, how
    are you going to plan it yourself?
    ADVANCED STAGES
    1. Has your writing so far been more analytical or
    descriptive? How is it influencing your progress?
    2. How have you been reviewing your proposal?
    1.Project development: CONTRIBUTION & FIELD
    ‘. . . And what does it contribute to the field?’

    Which field(s) are you contributing to?

    Who are you quoting,


    what terms are you employing,
    what writing style do you use?

    How does it impact on your


    reading and text structure?
    CONTRIBUTION & FIELD – my example

    Postcolonial studies
    Translation studies
    Polish studies (Poland’s postcoloniality)

    Comparative literature
    Reception studies

    Knowledge and literature


    Modernity
    1. Project – reading – exercise
    Match types of problematic on the left with
    types of reading and sources on the right.
    1. Narrow (sub-)field, vital to a. Quote an encyclopaedia
    the topic (eg Britannica)
    2. Term from another field b. Read as much as you can &
    mentioned in a sub-section read critically
    3. Multi-faceted concept used c. (Re-)read ‘classic’ texts;
    in a chapter heading summarize cogently
    4. Historical event mentioned d. Consult an authoritative
    in an anecdote source (eg reference work)
    5. Broad field generally e. Compare a few major sources
    relevant to the topic & explain your usage
    Project – reading – exercise
    Match types of problematic on the left with
    types of reading and sources on the right.
    1. Narrow (sub-)field, vital to a. Quote an encyclopaedia
    the topic (eg Britannica)
    2. Term from another field b. Read as much as you can &
    mentioned in sub-section read critically
    3. Multi-faceted concept used c. (Re-)read ‘classic’ texts;
    in chapter heading summarize cogently
    4. Historical event mentioned d. Consult an authoritative
    in an anecdote source (eg reference work)
    5. Broad field generally e. Compare a few major sources
    relevant to the topic & explain your usage
    1.Project – CONTRIBUTION & FIELD – exercise

    At home, write down names of the fields and sub-


    fields where you want to contribute and belong.

    Where is your main contribution and how do you


    relate to the remaining field(s)?

    What implications does it have for


    your reading and writing (structure)?
    2. Data management
     Selection (see ex. in Olohan & Baker)

     Gathering (research training, equipment, travelling,


    ethical clearance, budgeting, contingencies, etc)

     Storage and ordering (folders, Excel, Atlas –


    qualitative analysis software, etc)

     BACK UP!
    2. Data management – exercise
    1. Work in groups of four. Write down as many
    different ways of BACKING UP your data as you
    can. You have one minute for it.

    2. Individually, ask yourself:


    Do I back up my data efficiently & often enough?
    Are there any action points to be noted down?

    https://www.dropbox.com/
    3. Writing Up
    - Think before you speak!
    - But how can I know what I think unless I try to say it?

     Start writing early


     Analysis, argument > description

    Why am I writing this? What is it doing for my argu-


    ment? How does it link to earlier & later paragraphs?
    3. Writing Up – Structure – Paragraph

    Love your paragraph!


    To stay sane – topic sentence

    http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/topicmainl.cfm

    Home exercise:
    Read a piece you’ve written and see if it
    has topic sentences in most paragraphs.
    If not, try adding them. Does the piece read better?
    3. Writing Up – Structure – ToC
    Title
    Abstract
    ToC
    List of illustrations
    Introduction
    ‘Theoretical’/ ‘historical’ & ‘method’ chapters
    Core chapters clusters
    Conclusion
    Appendices
    3. Writing Up – structure – exercise

    Think of different ways of dividing your core chapters.


    For example: by periods, authors/ translators/ texts,
    methods, problems/ concepts, etc.

    What advantages & drawbacks do the divisions have?


    3. Writing Up – Challenges

    Guess what words it is: d_ _ _ _


    OED Online: 5. A preliminary sketch or rough form of
    a writing or document, from which the final or fair
    copy is made.
    3. Writing Up – Challenges

    Guess what words it is: d r a f t


    OED Online: 5. A preliminary sketch or rough form of
    a writing or document, from which the final or fair
    copy is made.

     Quiet spot for 2-3 hours


     Early bird or night owl?
     No internet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     Take breaks & reward yourself
    1. Project development
    2. Data management
    3. Writing up
    4. Career planning

    THANK YOU

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