Yeah yeah yeah – I’m on a mission
Yeah yeah yeah – If you’re with me raise your hands
Yeah yeah yeah – Got no inhibitions
It’s our decision, we’re gonna have a good time
Yeah yeah yeah – Got a new religion
Yeah yeah yeah – Gotta take me as I am
Yeah yeah yeah – I’ve got expectations
With gradification, we’re gonna have a good time
Not only is this such a catchy song, but you will see later that it is pretty punny too.
(…well not quite yet)
Being that I will be spending time in Santa Clara University’s archive, choosing a topic pertaining to SCU is my obvious guideline. Even though it may seem like an obvious guideline, pin pointing a specific topic question was some what tough for me. But not to worry I had somewhat of an epiphany as I was sitting in SCU’s Mission Church this past Sunday on Easter. As I was day dreaming during the homily (hate to admit it, but it’s true…), I was thinking about how the very church I was sitting in has evolved so much over time and how it has effected the SCU community. And this is when I realized my research question pretty much slapped my in the face.
(figuratively, not literally lol)
I decided I wanted my research question to be something along the lines of…
How has The Mission church changed and effected the SCU community over time?
From asking this question, I am on a mission to find out as much as possible about The Mission. I hope to find out all aspect of the history of the church then in comparison to now, such as…
- Architectural
- Spiritual Life on campus
- Mission
- Vision
- Values
- Events
- Services
Most importantly, I really just want to find out all the factors that contributed to the Mission becoming a University.
After many class discussions and reading various articles on archival research, I feel as though I am much more educated and have got a new religion on how to go about my own archival research. The archive has gotta take me as I am as I attempt to test out my new researching plan. From Tirabassi’s article, I have learned that even though I’ve got expectations, I have to mindful that not all of the information will be available. Also, it is really good that I’ve got no inhibitions because it allows me to be like Nancy Drew, being that I will look for as much research as possible because I know I will never find research in one spot. Also from Gaillet’s article, I learned more about ways to tackle the legal and moral complexities often associated with investigating valid, credible manuscript collections.
So if you’re with me raise your hands if you think we’re gonna have good time while working on this archival research project!
