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My Paideia group is working on a civic engagement project about homeless children in Georgetown. So I would like to kill two birds with one stone and do my ethnography on the homeless children in Georgetown to further our cohort’s research. A couple of weeks ago, I met with Zelinda Richards who is the family specialist at the high school. She told me that she knew her students would probably be willing to participate in interviews. She is ready and willing to help me out with anything I need. With that in mind, I am thinking about doing my ethnography on the children that Zelinda Richards works with and how they deal with homelessness in a small town like Georgetown. However, since the children are homeless parental consent may be an issue. Do you guys think this project is possible?
If not, my back up plan is to do an ethnography on the Georgetown Project and how they approach homelessness in Georgetown. I could also possibly look at The Maternity Home in town for ideas.
I would love to hear your feedback on my topic idea and am very interested in what you have to say.
I think you should also look at the relationships between the children and if there are parent-acting children who take care of the others. Otherwise I think your proposal sounds really good. Buena suerte.
ReplyDeleteall ideas sound compelling--the issue, of course, is the logistics of securing parental consent; you might be able to talk to adults who have recently gone through this experience (maybe Z. Richards can give you some contacts?)
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ReplyDeleteIf you decide to focus on adults, would you still focus on the same question: "how they deal with homelessness in a small town like Georgetown?"
ReplyDelete**Sorry I deleted my previous post because of silly grammar errors!