I watched Drew Barrymore's "Whip It" again last night for my ethnography - it was very interesting to compare and contrast my first and second viewing of this film. With my research question in mind, I noticed a few more things this second time around and I felt that I was able to examine and critique it in a different way. I think I'll definitely be able to discuss a few elements of this movie in my ethnography. Is anyone else using film as a source for their paper?
Another update: my qualitative online survey is getting some great responses! I used surveymonkey to post my interview questions to the league to see what their thoughts were and people have been very receptive and amazing. They're even posting it to the larger WFTDA (Women's Flat-Track Derby Association) message board and to the professional and junior derby league here in Austin. So I'll definitely have some more great quotes to include (without any more transcribing...)
Savage Minds is dead! Long live anthro{dendum}!
7 years ago
Yay for copy and paste. Make sure you save their responses in a separate file!
ReplyDeleteHey! First of all, your paper sounds like it's going to be AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteAs for using a movie as a source--not that I have any authority on the topic--but I got some ideas for discussion from Murderball, a movie about quadriplegic rugby. (My paper's on disability, recovery, and the process of identity reformation.) Anyway, I'm not going to cite the film but I talk about it in some of my field notes. If anything every comes of my project, I think I would write about it further and work to develop an appropriate space for it.
Don't know if that helps, but I'm sure you're doing great!
Krystina