Obviously I didn’t have a single topic of research. With me it is very hard to stick to a particular issue. Sticking to one issue is good in the sense that I would have the opportunity to provide my readers with an in depth knowledge of the subject. But with regards to the short amount of time we have in this class, I figured it is not unreasonable to explore a wide range of issues. My goal is to create awareness, but more importantly, I want people to take the necessary actions. That is why I follow the cause-effect-solution approach to research.
Through the course of the semester, I explored a wide range of topics starting with the gay marriage rights, Female Genital Mutilation, Underdevelopment in Ghana, the living of Liberian refugees in Ghana, Witchcraft accusation, and the war on terror among many other things. Apart from this independent research, I also responded to the various texts we have come across over the course of the semester. This includes the civil war in Sierra Leone, FGM in Sudan, the political unrest in Afghanistan and Iran, and the two books on torture.
I have gained so much through this blogging: first of all I have, for the first explored a wide range of issues that threatens the rights and freedoms of people. Also, I have been exposed to a variety of issues affecting our world as far as human’s rights are concerned, through the independent research of my colleagues as we saw them in class every week. Some of the crimes are unthinkable and mind blowing. The starving of babies to death in China, corporal punishment in America, womb for rentals and the demonstrations on the street of D C, all these information were useful in shaping the way I think of the world and also what change do we need more than the other. The energy in the class has been a great one and it is hard not to come to class even if I don’t feel like coming. the cources used are scholarly, and as far as i could tell, JSTOR, Boston Globe and Google Scholar were very good sites. this is because they gave me the exact information i wanted and the technicalities was less difficult.
As far as future blogging goes, I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Michelle Gonzalez and I have planned to continue doing this and in order to be energized doing it, we’ve planned on commenting on each other’s blogs regularly. That way, we will be assured that someone other than ourselves is actually reading it. This time around I would like to stick to specific topics or issues for quite a long time so I could explore deeply into the particular issue. For now I don’t know what I’m going to start with since I have lots of ideas in mind. But soon I will start with a readable, enjoyable, intriguing, current and important topic and I hope you continue to follow.
Mohammed Adawulai
Simon’s Rock
May 14, 2010 at 12:21 am |
Hooray! I don’t want to stop blogging either, Mohammed, let’s keep it up! Were there any specific print resources you used that were helpful? Or was all your research online?