Embarking on Research

As part of my freshman college English 201 course at the University at Buffalo, I am required to conduct research on the role of animals in science, technology, and culture. Although it is a requirement and sounds painful, I will use this blog to my advantage to just jot down and share some thoughts.

And so here it is, a blog where you will be able to follow me on my path of research. Like a journal, my blog will be a place where my thoughts will be shared. There will be occasions where I will free write about sources and ideas and there will be other times where I will share my experience about where my research is headed.

Now, as far as this research process goes, all I have so far is animal breeding. I have not yet decided what exactly about animal breeding, but I am leaning towards the ideas of selective breeding or genetic modification of animals. Typically, I am not a very opinionated person with strong feelings about controversial ideas because there are always some great arguments for both sides of the argument. However, both selective breeding, the act of cross mating animals for specific traits, and genetic modification, the act of transferring genes from one organism to another, are topics of interest I want to research more not only to learn and write about, but also to inform others about.

Soon enough, I will be posting sources and material that I will discuss and apply towards my research.