Research interests vs. research questions

Like many of the people in the previous blog posts, I am also having difficulty deciding exactly what I would like to write my research proposal on. I did not come into this program with the intent of writing a thesis, and while there are many research subjects that interest me, narrowing them down to a "feasible" project is quite a challenging task. I agree with Luker's assertion that what is often considered to be a research question is in actuality a research interest. In trying to refine my focus, I have struggled with finding a balance between the things that interest me and workable questions that incorporate them. That said, in reading these chapters and contemplating the "set of relationships between Concept A and Concept B" in my research interests, I am starting to feel more confident I will eventually come to a conclusive decision regarding a "real" question. In particular, the challenge of designing a research daisy is quite useful in finding the overlapping connections between your interests. However, this will likely be a process that I will need to repeat a few times before finalizing my proposal.