From what you’ve read of Intersections so far, what kinds of research do you think its playwrights had to do in order to write it?
I think they writers had done a lot of research in the following:
Research in the personal lives of the real people because the play is based in real life stories.
Research in the personalities their characters have/should have.
Research in medical field, when the doctor appears and explains the situation of the grandmother.
Research in training to be police officers (behavior, language, body language private codes police use)
How might some research of your own help you conduct a deep, specific analysis of Intersections?
After reading the play, I would research in how stress at home can impact in students. And what are the causes, why do these people act the way they act, how to deal with it.
What kinds of sources might you want to examine? What about Intersections has grabbed you (or not) so far?
The part when the student tells his sister that he doesn’t want to continue studying because he likes art was one of the scenes that touched me because my parents wanted me to study nursing and of course I said yes. Before I started school I changed my major to business administration.
How might different forms of research enhance and/or challenge your initial impressions?
Maybe if I look for statistics will help me understand better what’s going on in real life.
I would like to observe the play, because by observation I can perceive more about the feelings, impressions they have in every situation, etc.
What does “research” mean to you?
Research to be means digging. Trying to find our more, always ask why this and that.
What do you think research should be guided by? What should motivate it? (There’s no right answer: I’m genuinely interested in your thoughts!)
Research should be guided by love to learn. You must be interested in a topic you want to learn more and more. It should also have an impact in your life or thoughts
Gaby,
I absolutely love that you think of research as “digging” — me too! I’m intrigued by the idea of researching stress at home and students in school — that can turn into a really awesome paper. We’ll chat more in class next week about the specific questions you can get into with this — totally awesome idea!