Research Topic:
For my assignment I will
be researching the following topic:
‘Book
Burnings’ and the History of Censorship
I plan to focus my
research on book burning events, their reasoning, the different types of
reasons for censorship from around the world, but also plan to then include
research on the history of this topic, in Australia.
Research Outline:
For this research
assignment I aim to research information based on the following components. The
following list will be an outline for focusing my research for this
assignment.
-
Book
burning what is it?
-
Censorship
of books, what is it?
-
‘Book
burning’ history
-
Censorship
history
-
Further
Reasons found for ‘book burning’ ceremonies
-
Censorship
in Australia
-
Book
Burning in Australia
-
How
the past has affected the future
Search Strategies:
Below I have listed my
search strategies, what I will plan to research and what possible resource
materials I will use for each post.
Post 1 - Week 5
Research Brief
Post
2 - Week 6
Topic: Book
Burning
-
What
is it?
Topic: Censorship
of Books
-
What
is it?
Topic: Book Burning History:
-
To
include a time line of major events of Book Burning through history
Possible
Resources:
Book, online, pictures
Post
3 - Week 7
Topic: Censorship history:
-
This
will refer back to events listed in Post 2, and what reasoning’s of censorship
have been found through history.
Possible
Resources:
Books, online, images,
and a video
Post
4 - Week 8
Topic: Further
reasons found for ‘book burning’ ceremonies
-
This
will be in addition to events previously listed, were there other reasons for book
burning and censorship, and were any deemed positive or negative.
Possible
Resources:
Books, online, newspaper
article, images
Post
5 - Week 9
Topic: Book
Burning and Censorship in Australia
-
Here
I will look at events relating directly to Australia, and a history of
Australian book burning and censorship.
Possible
Resources:
Newspaper article,
online, image
Post
6 - Week 10
Topic: How the past has affected the future
-
I
will look into how ‘Book Burning” and the History of censorship has related to current
standards and regulations.
Possible
Resources:
Books, Online, Journal,
Image
