Because I was able to do the bulk of my primary research during Third Quarter, while I was in Nicaragua and France, 4th term will be largely devoted to secondary research for my paper and cookbook. Because of my absence during the in-class portion of Senior Year Project, it's almost as if my approach to the project has been flipped; I was able to do extensive successful field work over the past six weeks, and now is the time for me to really assemble everything I've taken in conjunction with secondary research and interviews in order to write my research paper.
My time for work during 4th quarter will be split between the work for my paper: sifting through primary information i've collected, reading secondary sources, and conducting more interviews, and the more active field work that I need to conduct for my online-cookbook. Work for either side of my project will obviously spill over into the other, and be useful research for both the paper and project portion.
Research for my paper needs to cover a wide spectrum of Central American history, including agricultural practices, pre-colombian traditions, early colonization of meso-american territories, and the lasting effects of these foreign influences. It's because of this that I plan to devote a large portion of each day simply to reading and researching. The sheer mass of the secondary work i need to plough through is already a cause for concern in my 4th term plan; I can see now that if I'm not actively gathering facts and figures for about three hours each day I won't be able to write a comprehensive research paper covering the lasting effects of colonization on Central American cuisine.
While my paper requires a solid portion of each day devoted to reading and writing, my cookbook is, at this stage, the more active part of my research project. In addition to working each day to develop new and easy-to-follow recipes, I am also researching techniques, as well as creating a comprehensive glossary of food related terms. The time devoted to testing out each of these varies greatly from day to day, some taking only an hour and others requiring three to four hours of active prep work. Like with my paper, I've worked out that I will need to be developing, testing, and uploading 2 to 3 recipes, as well as all of the techniques and terms that go along with each.
Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great. - Henry IV of France
My 4th Term Action Plan
Because I was able to do the bulk of my primary research during Third Quarter, while I was in Nicaragua and France, 4th term will be largely devoted to secondary research for my paper and cookbook. Because of my absence during the in-class portion of Senior Year Project, it's almost as if my approach to the project has been flipped; I was able to do extensive successful field work over the past six weeks, and now is the time for me to really assemble everything I've taken in conjunction with secondary research and interviews in order to write my research paper.
My time for work during 4th quarter will be split between the work for my paper: sifting through primary information i've collected, reading secondary sources, and conducting more interviews, and the more active field work that I need to conduct for my online-cookbook. Work for either side of my project will obviously spill over into the other, and be useful research for both the paper and project portion.
Research for my paper needs to cover a wide spectrum of Central American history, including agricultural practices, pre-colombian traditions, early colonization of meso-american territories, and the lasting effects of these foreign influences. It's because of this that I plan to devote a large portion of each day simply to reading and researching. The sheer mass of the secondary work i need to plough through is already a cause for concern in my 4th term plan; I can see now that if I'm not actively gathering facts and figures for about three hours each day I won't be able to write a comprehensive research paper covering the lasting effects of colonization on Central American cuisine.
While my paper requires a solid portion of each day devoted to reading and writing, my cookbook is, at this stage, the more active part of my research project. In addition to working each day to develop new and easy-to-follow recipes, I am also researching techniques, as well as creating a comprehensive glossary of food related terms. The time devoted to testing out each of these varies greatly from day to day, some taking only an hour and others requiring three to four hours of active prep work. Like with my paper, I've worked out that I will need to be developing, testing, and uploading 2 to 3 recipes, as well as all of the techniques and terms that go along with each.
Great eaters and great sleepers are incapable of anything else that is great.
- Henry IV of France