Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World)

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Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World) – Thomas S. Mullaney / Christopher Rea –

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<Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World)>—— Thomas S. Mullaney / Christopher Rea

Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters.

The hardest part of research isn’t answering a question. It’s knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate—one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so that the results will matter to anyone else?

This book will help you start your new research project the right way for you with a series of simple yet ingenious exercises. Written in a conversational style and packed with real-world examples, this easy-to-follow workbook offers an engaging guide to finding research inspiration within yourself, and in the broader world of ideas.

Read this book if you (or your students):

• have difficulty choosing a research topic
• know your topic, but are unsure how to turn it into a research project
• feel intimidated by or unqualified to do research
• worry that you’re asking the wrong questions about your research topic
• have plenty of good ideas, but aren’t sure which one to commit to
• feel like your research topic was imposed by someone else
• want to learn new ways to think about how to do research.

Under the expert guidance of award-winning researchers Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea, you will find yourself on the path to a compelling and meaningful research project, one that matters to you—and the world.

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读完了，推荐！值得十星，因为说清楚了两个从本科以来所有人都在说、但从没有人说清楚的迷思和困惑：总说带着问题读材料，问题从哪儿来？总说问题意识和个人生活的根本困惑密切相关，怎么转化？有许多非常实用的步骤和练习，以及清晰易懂的举例。思路上有一点我也隐隐想到，但书里写得很系统，强调将自己的感觉和喜好作为出发点：为啥一眼就对这个感兴趣、而觉得那个很无聊，不要评判这个喜好该不该，而要搞清楚“我为什么有这种感觉，这说明我喜欢的究竟是什么元素”。（读到这里想起几乎一直考虑正确而不是自己的喜好，一叹）选研究题目，需要认识自我，也是认识自我的过程，就像曾经有人说，每一篇博士论文都是作者的自传。可能的缺陷是，方法有普遍性，但应该最适合需要广集材料的历史类方法，对其他一些学科适用性也许弱一些。

为什么我本科的时候没有这本书

用一学期读完了这本书，强烈推荐给刚走进学术大门的朋友们（我也是其中之一）。它像伯恩斯的《新情绪疗法》一样具体且可以操作，里面附带了各种表格和小练习指南。举的例子都是Rea（文学研究）和Mullaney（历史研究）平时指导学生时遇到的真实案例，常常感到那里面的学生就是我自己。如果多年前我就读过它，那大概会少走很多很多弯路吧。如果要说这本书有什么缺点，那大概是它其实还是更适合历史系的学生做自我训练，不太适合学理论/用理论的研究训练。

最近睡前读物。我相信每一种历史书写本质上都是自传体。找到那个困扰你（人生）的问题，带着这个问题去读材料，然后回头去看你的问题，它的「上一章」和「下一章」应该是甚么？你能在何处有所贡献？这个finding和其他人的关系是什么？其实都是一些很基本的东西，这本书唯一问题是出的太晚了，如果本科期间读到会很有帮助吧。

读的时候有一种自己一路总结的经验被认可的感觉安心了不少只是对纯数不太适用也是意料之中

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Thomas S. Mullaney / Christopher Rea

Thomas S. Mullaney is professor of history at Stanford University and a Guggenheim fellow. His books include The Chinese Typewriter: A History and Your Computer is on Fire.

Christopher Rea is professor of Asian studies at the University of British Columbia. His books include Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 and The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China.