Remember the research process is not linear. You will inevitable move back and forth between focusing your topic, research, and writing before completing your assignment.
Pick a topic that interests you or is meaningful to you:
It can be:
Look to your course readings for ideas and jumping off points, or maybe it's something you read about on social media, what are ways that we investigate issues in human geography, think about how we write about places.
1. Write down your topic idea on the Developing your Topic worksheet.
2. Think about the following questions to help you brainstorm:
You may use you background research and anything you may have found to scope out your researching and writing idea.
Main Concept 1 | Concept 2 | Concept 3 |
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India | farmers | legislation |
Main Concept 1 | Concept 2 | Concept 3 |
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Punjab | agriculture | farm bills |
Northern India | crops | |
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Main Concept 1 (India OR Punjab) |
Concept 2 (farm* OR agricultur* OR crop*) |
Concept 3 legislation OR "farm bills" |
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Other keywords:
Example article found in IBSS database:
Shrimali, R. (2016). Accumulation by dispossession or accumulation without dispossession: The case of contract farming in India. Human
Geography, 9(3).
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