post 10

In the intro of my ethnography, I plan on making it feel as if my reader is hanging out in the dorm room. I plan on going around the room and give detailed descriptions of all my informants. I want the paper to feel like a “typical” college movie in the beginning. In the body of my paper I plan to talk about my place in the sub-culture, as well as my main points of interest: sex habits, drinking habits, party/social life, and net working (subject to change). I will quite possibly write it in this order (but who knows as of now). I plan to conclude my paper with a shortened summary of the entire paper and my thesis statement. I would also add in some overview points such as the white male and the greater potential power that they may be granted. I think that writing this paper in individual sections will best fit. There really isn’t a smooth way I can think of to do the transitions if I write it chronologically.

Week 8

The main theme that I see that takes priority over others in my sub culture is the theme of social life. Maybe not in the traditional sense of social status (being popular and what not), but more along the lines of finding a niche. Now this is usually a theme that ALL people of all ages struggle with for a very long time. However; for my sub-culture, it is a bit different. Young white males are looked at differently than most any other culture I have seen. We have more pressure to excel, and when we don’t, it is a total slap in the face to those that raised us or are even closely involved in our lives.
This theme does run through my field sites. In fact, this is probably where this issue is the most rampant. In the dorms, men struggle to find peers that they “fit with”. It is a constant struggle of musical chairs, and hopefully I can address this more in our mini ethnography.
I feel that my postion has stayed the same through out our ventures.