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I have done a few research based assignments in classes past, but from my goldfish like memory I can’t remember doing a proper research paper. When it comes to collage level work, I have done projects for both a ENC1101 and Spanish 1 and 2 at Seminole state during dual enrollment classes. For the Spanish classes I did multiple presentations based of research done on place and media related to Hispanic culture. During my ENC1101 I did do writings bast of research, but I wouldn’t call them research papers all thought I could be miss remembering. I would say depending on the topic I greatly enjoy the research part of any paper or project, but the writing is another story entirely.
An important activity that happens in my research site of choice is playing the tabletop game Warhammer 40k. The Warhammer community is built around playing, preparing to play, and speculating about the tabletop game that brought everyone into the community. The goal of playing Warhammer for most is having fun, whether that is by winning or just being around others who share a similar hobby. Just like any board game, 40k’s rules, models, and methods of distribution have changed over time, but through that one thing has stayed the same, the community's passion and the core feeling people get from building, painting, and playing, and showing off the armies they put so much of their selves into. The core tools used to play and enjoy the game are models, dice, the roles, and most importantly, your fellow nerds. As I said before, well the roles change and the models ger more detailed, the community has stayed the passionate bedrock of the game Warhammer.
In my research assignment, I want to focus on the Warhammer 40k community. To do so, I will mostly be looking at Reddit groups like r/warhammer40k alongside more army-specific groups like r/necrontry and r/TheAstraMilitarum. Along with online sources, I will use local groups at hobby stores I play at to get a more personal angle. I want to do this because I am deeply a part of these communities and think that they have a wide variety of thoughts and ideas on something I care about. If you have never heard of it, Warhammer 40k is a tabletop war game that pits two armies of typically plastic minatures against each other. The property has a large collection of books, video games, and other forms of media that expand on the setting and lore, all of which and more are discussed in groups like those I want to research. When it comes to how I will conduct this research, it will mostly involve observing how people interact in these groups and what topics are most commonly discussed, and how that discussion plays out. For the in-person part, I will do what I already do best, talk to those around me. Well, doing this, I plan on paying key focus on what types of rhetoric are most commonly used in large groups, like those found in many Warhammer communities.
For my research site, I have chosen to use the framework of activity theory as shown by Donna Kain and Elizabeth Wardle. In Kain and Wardle's article on the subject, they explain activity theory as a tool to aid us in finding understanding the many factors that change influence how the tool of writing is in used in a specific context. By using activity theory as my framework i want to show this factors for the Warhammer community.
As previously stated, the community i wish to give a closer look at is the Warhammer 40k community which I believe is a great candidate for the use of activity theory. the 40k community has a large number of factors that lead to the communities overall goal, which is enjoying the world of the 41st millennium. by using activity theory i which to illuminate these factors in a way that with help me, you, and anyone else understand the fandom that is 40k. "You can use the basic tenets of activity theory and the activity theory triangle to help you better understand not only how texts function but also why texts used within a particular system of activity contain certain content and specific conventions, such as formatting, style, and organization."(pg.6.) Along with understanding the factors that drive the group I have a goal of better understanding which factors play the biggest role, I wish that by using the activity triangle i can do just so.

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