Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Lecture 06 | Narrowing the Topic-03



I could have finished this topic in one post but thought it better to give you people as more techniques as I can. For one technique does not work for all. Here I am again giving you some tips to manage and narrow down your topic.

Aspect -- Choose a perspective or frame of reference through which you want to look at your topic. Instead of writing on "Importance of colours in Eastern Rituals", you may write on "Importance of colours in Hindu rituals" by mainly focusing on Holi. Thus you will get an informed choice to express yourself. 

Components -- Think and determine if your topic can further be divided in smaller parts in terms of it's components for this type of division will make your mind clearer, your topic focused and your will have informed choice to analyse. "Exposure to Screen time" is a very broad topic. Make it "Exposure to screen time and education". Again a question arises which education? So make it "Children exposure to screen time and nursery education". Again, the term "exposure" is vague and  raises many serious questions. So make it "Exposure to Screen time and it's effects on education of nursery children".

Place -- It is of utmost importance to choose a smaller area. Smaller area of analysis will make you more focused and attentive on the topic. So, rather than studying "Declining condition of education in SIndh" you should study "Declining condition of education in Hyderabad, SIndh". Even Hyderabad is a very vast area. It is a division consisting nine districts. So work more on the topic and narrow it down in term of place again and focus on Hyderabad city. Now, it will be more manageable. 

Relationship -- Well, this is one of the most interesting thing. It focuses on the way two points, perspectives or variable relate to each other. In this way you may take into consideration cause and effect, compare/contrastindividual/groupmale/femalecontemporary/historic, just to cite a few examples. It is not confusing and very easy to do instead.  

Time -- Focusing on a specific time period in your writing piece will enable your to be more focused. "Health Facilities in Rural Sindh" will be broader in terms of place as well as time. Therefore, "Health Facilities in District Shikarpur during PPP government 2013-2018" will be convenient to write on.

Type -- Be focused in your topic by concentrating on a specific type of any thing. We wrote the term "health facilities" above. Divide it further into "Child care health facilities" or "mother care health facilities" in terms of type. Then another question arises what type of subjects/people you are going to study. Let us think over it again. We can make it "Child Care Health Facilities for daily wagers in Shikarpur district". Here we have narrowed our topic in terms of place (Shikarpur), type of problem (Child Care instead of health) and type of subjects/people (Daily wagers). 

Combination -- If you think your topic is still too broader, use a combination of above tools. 

 

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