Blog post Online class 2/26

While reading All Souls chapters 7-9 there are numerous observations MacDonald makes about places and people in Southie. Choose one excerpt where MacDonald gives an observation, write down the page number in your post, and explain why it is important to a theme in the book. You must state which theme you are writing about.

Please respond to at least 2 classmates posts. Your post must be completed by Sunday night and your responses by classtime Tuesday.

Post due 2/24

Choose a description in Everyday Use by Alice Walker that jumps out to you. What is successful about the way Walker writes that description and observation? Why is it important to the story? Do not forget to respond to a classmates post.

Blog Due 2/17

Based on the reading in our text Fieldworking for today, what does a field researcher need to pay attention to when observing space? Please list two things. What do you think is most important to include when observing and writing about a space?

Blog due 2/5: Ethnography

What does it mean to position yourself as a researcher?

What specific place will you be doing your ethnography on? What do you already know about this place? What issues might you face in conducting your research at this place?

This response is due by classtime Thursday. Do not forget to respond to at least one classmate.