In a hysterically, busy moment, I took a break and discovered http://wordle.net. . Has anyone every heard of this? It turns writing into word pictures, teachers use it a lot for essays. Check out my worlde for the Goffman post: http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/876240/Goffman . You…
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Goffman Commentary: Giving Off Impressions
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Yikes! I was working on my portfolio and discovered I hadn’t posted Goffman. I think it was a psychological slip. I was not fond of that reading and had to really fish for a response. I’m so sorry this is…
Stoller: Last Thoughts on Subjectivity
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I left our last class discussion on Stoller thinking that we have spent much too much time on discussing subjectivity instead of the aims and goals of ethnographic study. I have always thought that subjectivity is an unavoidable hindrance to…
Ferguson: Potato Chips & Jail Cells
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Ferguson’s article struck several cords in that I understand her point from a detached, academic way as well as from a more frustratingly personal viewpoint. She mentions that studies have shown that African American males in schools all over the…
English 5870 Pryer: Ultimately Unclear
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At first glance, Pryer’s article seems to cover the same issues as Brueggemann, Sunstein and in some ways Purcell-Gates. Like Brueggemann, she describes issues of personal struggle when dealing with academic research and similar to Sunstein, she suggests the use…
Midterm Response – Question 1 & 3
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_________ Faye Snowden April 7, 2009 Dr. De Vries Midterm Question 1 & 3 The Question 1. Drawing on the scholars we have studied so far, develop a definition of ethnography as the field relates to the composition…
Percy Commentary 5: The Experience that Counts
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The Percy article relates to two concepts – one we have been discussing in class and another that has always intrigued me. We have had a myriad of discussions on how observations can take on different meanings and relevance depending…
English 5870: Class Log March 17, 2009
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Correction: The attachment summarizing the main discussion points from English 5870 3/17 class is in the Media Library in .PDF format. Have fun. FS
Rubber Room- Watch Out! From “This American Life”
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Hi All, Here is the link to the podcast from “This American Life” in which they tell you what they do with teachers who misbehave in New York City. Take care, Faye http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1286
Commentary #4 Sunstein: On Guilt and Fiction
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When reading Sunstein’s article, I could not help but think of Mary Roach’s work Stiff. If you’ve read Stiff, you may ask what the study of dead bodies has to do with ethnographic research. I think the two relate because…