Proposal
I am
going to be looking at the othered community of people “living with depression”.
I chose this group of people because I personally have been a part of this
group and have had people think of me as different and weird. I think people
don’t understand that this is a real mental illness and they don’t understand
all the issues that come with dealing with a mental illness such as depression.
Through this project I want to get the word out to people about this disease.
I think
I will look at texts about the group because there are so many researches done
about the symptoms and the treatment available. I also can call upon my own
experiences with depression. I want to use research done about depression
because that is what people don’t understand. They make assumptions about the
disease.
I am
thinking about having specific research from medical websites as well as videos
and my personal experience, so I am able to get the word out about this
disease. I have two resources specifically that I want to use but as of how I
am going to start this project, I don’t have an idea right now.
These
are the two resources I have so far: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression/index.shtml
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/basics/definition/con-20032977
Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteI think this sounds like a fantastic idea! This is a great community to look at and I think it will be really interesting to see how they are talked about. As you think about what texts you want to use to analyze, you might consider narrowing your focus to a certain kind of text. For example, since the two texts you share here are from "medical" websites, it might be interesting to look at specifically how these kinds of websites are constructing the disease and the people who have it. Or maybe you'll want to look at more "pop culture" kinds of texts to see how the group is represented in the larger culture.
While I do think your personal experience could add some depth to the project, I want to caution you from focusing too much on that. For this project your goal is really to see how this group is being represented by other people. So you want to stay very close to the tax that you're analyzing.