Exploring Vegan Restaurants and their Place in Society

Geographic Literature Review

TOPIC- VEGAN RESTAURANTS. The making of “place” is often a highly contested process, especially when there are competing visions and claims over space. The aim of the Place- Making Research Paper is to provide the opportunity for each student to examine a particular case study of place-making from anywhere around the world. 3)Conducting the research: Once you have selected a research topic and it has been approved by Cherie Enns, you should continue to collect popular media sources (newspaper or magazine articles) as well as academic sources (geography journal articles, scholarly books, etc.) related to the general topic. Keep in mind that the media sources you find will likely deal with the details of a particular event, whereas the scholarly literature may address a more general theme of relevance to your topic. 4)Writing your research paper: After the initial groundwork is completed for conducting your research, you should begin writing a draft of your paper. not counting any other accompanying materials such as photographs, maps, etc., all of which should be included in an appendix at the end of the document. Also, please do not include large spaces between paragraphs to increase the page count! The paper should draw upon a combination of popular media, academic geography journal articles/books, and a selection of the assigned readings for this course. It should be divided into different section with bold headings, and below is a guide to help you format the paper: 1. Introduction (approx. 1/2 page) Introduce the goal and objectives of the paper in this short section. 2. The section that reviews academic geography literature on a broad theme of relevance to your research topic (approx. 1 page) For instance, if you were to write a paper on a particular case study of a dispute over a street name in New York City, this section would review the geographic literature on the cultural politics of street naming more generally without getting into the details of the New York case study. 3. Section that examines the details of the case study topic itself drawing upon popular media sources and relevant academic literature (approx. 2-3 pages) In this section, provide a descriptive account and critical analysis of the case study you have chosen to investigate drawing upon relevant media sources, etc. 4. Conclusion (approx. 1/2 page) In this concluding section, provide a summary of your main arguments and discuss how your analysis of the case study contributes to the broader literature in social and cultural geography. For both in-text citations and your bibliography, please use the instructions on the following website to follow proper APA citation format:  Note:all images, maps, photographs, etc., should be listed with appropriate reference numbers (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.) in an appendix at the end of the paper, not within the text itself, although you should make direct reference to each figure in the body of the essay, by saying “(Figure 1),” etc., at the end of a sentence just as you would for in-text citations. Make sure to also include a “figure caption” that describes the content of each figure that is placed directly below the image.