With spring break just looming a very short hour away, I think it's fair to say that formulating an intelligent thought for this proposal is a little bit of a stretch. Although I have been thinking about the substance for my final paper for a couple of weeks, it's been on the back burner this week due to midterm deadlines.
The short of it is that I'd like to do something concerning cyberfeminism. (Is that a shocker? Lol) I'd like to continue to investigate what cyberfeminism is, who are the most prominent or leading figures in the cyberfeminism movement and how it is impacting the digital and technological world.
In another class I had done a presentation on Cornelia Sollfrank, a cyberfeminist widely known in the art world for her net art project Female Extension. This particular project was in response to the gender biases in the art world, but she (as well as many others) have done other works in the name of cyberfeminism.
My initial research brings up one recurring point: cyberfeminism isn't really officially defined and putting theory into practice finds obstacles of its own.
I am open to suggestion about this subject.
Hi Dena,
ReplyDeleteI like the topic. It made me think about feminism in general. Do you think cyberfeminism will be as prevalent as it has been in physical space? One thing I would suggest would be how cyberfeminists will bring change and is it as essential to cyberspace at all? Great idea!
This doesn't give me much to go on, although sure, the general topic comes from this class. If blog post #9 is rich with details, then I will have the opportunity to help you with my comments at that time.
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, you have set up a report ("investigating what cyberfeminism is" etc), so that will have to be addressed.
From the final project assignment sheet:
* The specific rule of most importance is that you must make an original argument with your work. You must have a thesis that includes with it the "so what" or "who cares" aspect of your argument, and that "so what" or "who cares" part of the analysis must be clear throughout your essay.
Your proposal should have included what you plan to do (including which general topics from the course that you are going to link together) -- this means details and some depth -- what you plan to argue (this could include the argument or the research question in advance of the argument, with an hypothesis of the argument you potentially foresee), and how you plan to support the argument (which theories do you see yourself using on either side of your argument, etc).
All of those elements should be present in blog #9, yet with even more depth than I expected for blog #8, since you will have annotated sources and know how you will be using them in your argument.
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WRT Lorena's comment, while interesting questions to ask yourself, they are not suitable as guiding arguments for an argumentative essay. You will not be able to prove or disprove anything that is a binary or is a "what if". Instead, seize one very specific thing, link it to something else, and argue for the validity of the observation you are making.