This past week I have spent a lot of time thinking about my focus question and possible research methods. Through this process, I am trying out several different question types and going to see what makes the most sense to go forward with. What are sustainable development values held for various future agriculture technologies? I […]
Archives for October 2017
Learning From Past Projects and Finding a New Focus
Through continued research and looking at capstones from previous students I realized something critical: I am already feeling kind of bored with my capstone. I could go through the motions and have a fine capstone about the sustainable development impacts of artificial intelligence in rice agriculture in California and North India. But I can already […]
Progress Update: Lots To Do
This week I want to take a moment to provide updates from the previous week, reflect on where I am so far, and look towards where I am going in the next several weeks. First, I changed my framing question to In what ways does new technology adoption further or inhibit sustainable development? My previous question […]
Building a Better Bibliography Using Scale
Finding references for any research can be difficult. It is especially so when dealing with a year-long capstone project. While I have a lot of resources already from related classes and projects, it is not easy figuring out what sources are going to be helpful for my capstone. In order to get a better grasp on different […]
Finding Focus
After last week, I had a number different directions I could go with my capstone. Was I going to stay local or focus on a more on international agriculture? What sort of technology or crop, if any in particular, should I focus on? And how would I approach the impacts of the chosen technology? With […]