In the field site you have multiple track athletes training, warming up, stretching, communicating, and plotting on how they are going to run they race, and sleeping. Many of them are inside to stay out of the sun so it won’t drain their bodies. Also many athletes are rubbing down there legs and shins with ice, tiger balm, or icy hot to relieve pain. You also have coaches checking recent event results to see what their athletes been running. They also communicate with other coaches and giving tips to their athletes about how they should run they next event. Also majority of the time at my field site the athletes are running there events on the track. You see them prepare their blocks or starting position and then when signaled to run they run.
Many of the people in this subculture interact by the relays teams practicing their hand off to prepare for the relay run. Or you have athletes from the same team warming up together to get ready for the race and giving each other advice on what to do and how to improve. Also you have the coaches calling athletes to meet with them to give them a pat on the back and say, “good job,” or to critique them on what they did wrong. Also while viewing what’s going on. You notice not just running going on you have many field events taking place. Such as high jump, pole vault, triple jump and long jump.
I really didn’t have any questions about what was going on because everything was pretty much self explanatory. There was nothing to question or ask why they were doing what they were doing because it was obvious. And lastly I asked a runner why he ran his race the way he did. I asked him did he give up at the end or was that his strategy on running his race. His reply was it was his strategy but it didn’t really go as planned so he ended up not doing as well as he wanted to. He was very upset because his strategy did not work. His strategy was to sprint hard the first 200 meters of the 400 meter dash, then slow down in the curve and then sprint hard on the last 100. But when he slowed down it gave the other athletes and opportunity to pass him.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Act V: Prisoners Performing Arts
What makes this a good field site?
~This is a good field site because everything was actually shot their where the prisoners were. The directors were actually there with real prisoners and was able to observe real prisoners and there actions. They were able to write the play based off of what they seen and not the assumptions because they were actually there. And being there actually gave a true feel of what was going on. And lastly the fact that they were real prisoners observed and interviewed.
What observations does the author make that gives us a better understanding?
~The part where the prisoners had to be stripped before they were able to rehearse and he described how the room was and what it looked like before they were able to enter. . Also from the get go he gives details on the prisoners. He also compares the characters and just observes there acts. This helped me get a better understanding of the subculture.
What interview techniques work to help us understand the subculture?
~All of the personal interviews gave the inmates time to open up and explain there parts in the play and it helped me understand their duty in the play. By this being done it gave us the opportunity to learn and gain insight about what went on and this particular subculture.
What are the norms and values of the subculture?
~The norms are that they work to together as a team. They also all share an interest in acting and performing their parts in spite of the crimes they committed and they don’t let it get in their way.
~This is a good field site because everything was actually shot their where the prisoners were. The directors were actually there with real prisoners and was able to observe real prisoners and there actions. They were able to write the play based off of what they seen and not the assumptions because they were actually there. And being there actually gave a true feel of what was going on. And lastly the fact that they were real prisoners observed and interviewed.
What observations does the author make that gives us a better understanding?
~The part where the prisoners had to be stripped before they were able to rehearse and he described how the room was and what it looked like before they were able to enter. . Also from the get go he gives details on the prisoners. He also compares the characters and just observes there acts. This helped me get a better understanding of the subculture.
What interview techniques work to help us understand the subculture?
~All of the personal interviews gave the inmates time to open up and explain there parts in the play and it helped me understand their duty in the play. By this being done it gave us the opportunity to learn and gain insight about what went on and this particular subculture.
What are the norms and values of the subculture?
~The norms are that they work to together as a team. They also all share an interest in acting and performing their parts in spite of the crimes they committed and they don’t let it get in their way.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Research Paper
Topic: Fraternities
Sources: Books
Ross, Lawrence C. The divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities. New York: Dafina Books, 2001.
Cuyjet, Michael J., ed. African American men in college. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
JOnes, RIcky L. Black haze: violence, sacrifice, and manhood in Black Greek-letter fraternities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Brown, Tamara L., ed. African American Fraternities and Sororities: the legacy and the vision. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Nuwer, Hank, ed. The Hazing Reader. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Reflection:
I believe that the book The Divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities will help me with my research because it has a lot of good information. Not only just with fraternities but it gives me information about fraternities and sororities. So it gives me a chance to compare the two and also compare the difference between each divine 9 and not just focus on one specifically. Also it gives me a chance to not be biased towards one or the other and read upon all 9 of them and the significance because as of now I’m still naïve about a lot of things dealing with fraternities and sororities so this book will enhance my knowledge.
Sources: Books
Ross, Lawrence C. The divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities. New York: Dafina Books, 2001.
Cuyjet, Michael J., ed. African American men in college. 1st ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
JOnes, RIcky L. Black haze: violence, sacrifice, and manhood in Black Greek-letter fraternities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Brown, Tamara L., ed. African American Fraternities and Sororities: the legacy and the vision. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
Nuwer, Hank, ed. The Hazing Reader. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004.
Reflection:
I believe that the book The Divine nine: the history of African American fraternities and sororities will help me with my research because it has a lot of good information. Not only just with fraternities but it gives me information about fraternities and sororities. So it gives me a chance to compare the two and also compare the difference between each divine 9 and not just focus on one specifically. Also it gives me a chance to not be biased towards one or the other and read upon all 9 of them and the significance because as of now I’m still naïve about a lot of things dealing with fraternities and sororities so this book will enhance my knowledge.
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