05-23-2006, 06:26 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-sankara+May 23 2006, 01:58 PM-->QUOTE(sankara @ May 23 2006, 01:58 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->The problem is, your singular view point concentrating only on India and ignoring all other cultures, some of whom have greater obsession with skin color, will provide misleading perception that skin color is more of an issue in India than elsewhere. This couldn't be further from the truth. As usual, such short-sightedness, un-scientific research will only add to the pile of, what I'd like to call, exotic 'trash' literature on non-western cultures. Even though you are only in high school, it's never too early to start with objective research than producing another sensational literature. <!--emo&
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I'm not trying to create 'sensational literature'...if I find that this whole fair skin issue isn't really all that pervasive in India, then thats exactly what I'll state in my project. I doubt people are going to think that India has a much greater obsession with skin colour than all other cultures just because I chose to concentrate on it--the markers, and anyone else who reads it, will hopefully realise that I have narrowed it down to a singular country because of my cultural background, and because one of one the main requirements for this study- it has to be really specific, which I why I focus on only the issue of the fair skin, and why I chose to compare only two countries, rather than many other different countries worldwide.
And despite what you may think, it is extremely difficult for me to collect primary research from all these countries that you talk of- at least the amount of primary research that is necessary to draw reasonable conclusions from, in the very limited time period I have. Sure, I can go on to databases and websites like this, but their usefulness is limited, especially when it comes to the area of in-depth interviews, while in India all I have to do is make a phone call to a relative or friend and have a discussion about it. By focusing on India, I am also able to include my own personal observations and experiences that I cant do about any other country.
Im not going to be "ignoring all other cultures" anyhow, I will definetely reference the trend in other cultures in some of my secondary research, its just that my focus is on india, not because im trying to produce a pile of biased, 'exotic trash literature',or trying to portray India as rascist and discriminatory or fixated on the colour of someones skin, but because thats just the country Im most familiar with, and is the most accessible to collect research from given my time frame.
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I'm not trying to create 'sensational literature'...if I find that this whole fair skin issue isn't really all that pervasive in India, then thats exactly what I'll state in my project. I doubt people are going to think that India has a much greater obsession with skin colour than all other cultures just because I chose to concentrate on it--the markers, and anyone else who reads it, will hopefully realise that I have narrowed it down to a singular country because of my cultural background, and because one of one the main requirements for this study- it has to be really specific, which I why I focus on only the issue of the fair skin, and why I chose to compare only two countries, rather than many other different countries worldwide.
And despite what you may think, it is extremely difficult for me to collect primary research from all these countries that you talk of- at least the amount of primary research that is necessary to draw reasonable conclusions from, in the very limited time period I have. Sure, I can go on to databases and websites like this, but their usefulness is limited, especially when it comes to the area of in-depth interviews, while in India all I have to do is make a phone call to a relative or friend and have a discussion about it. By focusing on India, I am also able to include my own personal observations and experiences that I cant do about any other country.
Im not going to be "ignoring all other cultures" anyhow, I will definetely reference the trend in other cultures in some of my secondary research, its just that my focus is on india, not because im trying to produce a pile of biased, 'exotic trash literature',or trying to portray India as rascist and discriminatory or fixated on the colour of someones skin, but because thats just the country Im most familiar with, and is the most accessible to collect research from given my time frame.