Another bit of inspiration for your fieldstudies, folks. Pay special attention to how this photographer discusses his "technique," how he approaches people, asks them for their participation, and listens to their stories in an attempt to capture "their essence" in his photo and brief caption. Also, check out his Facebook page! It is amazing!
'Humans of New York': Photog Gone Viral | Video - ABC News
Monday, October 14, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Blogging About Fieldwork
For this week's blog response, I would like you to think about the work of a fieldworker and how a person doing research in the field communicates his/her findings to an audience.
Part of our responsibility as researchers and writers (and as intellectual thinker people!) is to publish and distribute our discoveries. One of the ways we are going to practice doing this, in FYW100, is through blogging.
The purpose of your own fieldworking blog will be to communicate to us and to everyone else in the connected worl, on a weekly basis, the progress of your fieldwork, from making initial contact to wrapping things up in December. You will write your posts as a kind of "memo" each week, updating us on what you accomplished since last week, what new photos you took or interviews you conducted, what fun facts you learned about your site or what neat experience from there illuminated a theme, motif or tension. Your blog will be a vessel for collecting your data and your thoughts about your experiences as a fieldworker. The writing you collect there will be so helpful to you as you move forward to write your final fieldstudy.
In preparation for this, I am asking you this week (in addition to creating your blog!) to visit the blogs below and to peruse the writings of a diverse range of fieldworkers. Note that many different disciplines are represented here, as are various interpretations of "fieldwork." Also, each fieldworker approaches his/her blog in a slightly different way, so try to pay attention to their content and design. Note who the author is and what they tell you about themselves. Note the background pattern and whether it reflects a thematic tone or pattern relative to the blog’s purpose. Note the content of the most recent posts and the numbers of comments and/or followers. Note the style, tone and vocabulary of the author’s writing, the presence or absence of hyperlinks and video to illustrate main points, the complexity or simplicity of the writing and consider "who is the intended audience?"
Once you’ve thoroughly checked out the blogs and made a few response notes about what engaged you, what was off-putting (and why!), and what intrigued you, please leave 400-500 word post here in which you address:
(1) what you noticed about the nature of fieldwork (the actual work out in the field),
(2) what you noticed about how fieldwork was represented (written about, displayed) on these blogs, and
(3) what's at the forefront of your mind as you think about your own choice of a fieldsite and/or writing publicly about your fieldwork.
Publish your comments by 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 6.
Science in Svalbard and the Adventures of Fjord:
Notes From The Field:
New York Times Scientist at Work:
Lawn Chair Anthropology:
Anthropological Fieldwork-LB's Blog:
Anthropology Fieldnotes:
Anthropological fieldwork in Beirut:
The Anthropology of Tibetan Buddhism:
Jon Hentik in Ifugao:
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Young @ Heart Chorus
First, I need you to know that the Young at Heart chorus will be performing in Northampton, MA--a mere 90 minutes away--on Saturday, Nov 2. Who's down for a field trip?
This is from the Young at Heart website:
Saturday, November 2, 2013 @ 8PM
This is from the Young at Heart website:
Saturday, November 2, 2013 @ 8PM
Survival Center Benefit @ Academy of Music Theatre
274 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060
Tickets coming soon
Second, lets talk about the documentary. It gets me every time! And, it's a great example of a well-rounded field study. What made it so effective? What kinds of things did the filmmaker/researcher/writer do to make the presentation of this subculture so engaging? This film is a text, like The Mole People, like "Friday Night at Iowa 80." So, using your fieldworker's lenses and lingo, tell us something about what you took away from "Young @ Heart." How did it help you envision your own study & composition?
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