I completely spaced and forgot to post entries for last week, I will make up for those this time!
Entry 1 of 4:
I really enjoyed the guest speaker that we had on Monday - he was really informative and great at answering questions. It was neat to learn more about his personal ethnographic experiences and what he learned from his successes and setbacks.
As for my ethnography, I'm still working on field-notes and participant observation. I've also been re-reading my notes and culling the ethnographic field-note book again as I start to work on writing the actual paper. I'm also finishing up transcribing my second interview - express scribe is a godsend. It's pretty hilarious to listen to the tape slowed down about 50% - I sound ridiculous and all of my funny intonational habits are magnified. But I highly recommend it if you all haven't tried it - it makes transcribing much easier and this is amazing typing practice!
We're having our last bout of the season coming up here soon - we're reviving the original team rivalry - Homewrecker Hussies vs. Domestic Divas. These are rather tongue-in-cheek team names - it'll be interesting to see what kind of uniforms are out on the track...Since it's the last game of the spring season, we should have a big soiree afterwards to celebrate - I'm getting some responses from on online survey I sent out and I'm hoping to get some more group feedback from that party.
Savage Minds is dead! Long live anthro{dendum}!
7 years ago
I will have to use your idea about slowing down the interview recording....Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWhat do people wear to these after-parties? Do participants still dress up with derby flair or is there more of a mundane dress code?? :)
What kind of survey questions did you have?
Your work sounds amazing! Can't wait to read more about it.