Iteration of Research Question

Recently, I have been rethinking my research question. At first, my question was:
“How do social and familial expectations shape Chinese women’s decision-making in choosing whether or not to marry?”

But through reading and discussion, I felt that this question was too broad. It leaned more towards a purely sociological approach and did not fully reflect my own research methods and practice. So, I iterated it into:
“How do processes of images/arts analysis shape Chinese women’s decision-making and social and familial expectations in marital choices?”

This shift allows me to directly connect my work with images and artistic interventions, using visual culture as a medium to trigger reflection.

My current idea is to invite three different groups for interviews and interventions:

• Group A: Women from big cities, highly educated, with feminist awareness.
• Group B: Women from smaller cities or with limited economic resources, who tend to regard marriage as stability and reliance.
• Group C: Transgender individuals, whose experiences with marriage are shaped by heteronormative and familial pressures.

I plan to compare the groups, but at this stage I feel I will focus more on Group A, because their background is closer to my own.

In terms of methodology, I intend to use autoethnography. This means not only conducting interviews, but also incorporating my own experiences and reflections into the research—being both a researcher and a participant.