Why? in Context

"The next question to ask is why the subject might be important to others.
Why is the subject significant?
What is the background of this subject, and why is that background important to understand?
To what else does the subject relate?
If you understand the complexities of this subject, what will be the benefit and who will obtain it?
What is the context of previous work that has been done on the subject?
How will your work build on what has been done already?

... Such reading should inform researchers of the context of the research, allow them to gain a better sense of the issue's significance and how it has been approached before, as well as reveal what is missing in the previous research. These understandings can be integrated into the various sections of the proposal and do not necessitate a separate one that sometimes reads like a book report."

- Interviewing as Qualitative Research by Irving Seidman, 3rd edition, page 33

Paint the context. Shuyi, paint the context.