Ethnography Ideas

Ethnography Ideas

Idea Number One:

1. What Subculture? Krumping

2. Why are you interested? I am interested in this subculture because I have seen Krumping a lot on television lately and I think, besides the fact that it is a type of dancing, I would like to learn about the culture behind the dance. A lot of people that dance, especially very expressive dancing like Krumping has stories of why they do that type of dance that go way back.

3. Access? Unfortunately I don’t know anybody personally who does this type of dance but the way I would access it would be online. I would watch the different types of people on youtube maybe and their different stories to observe.

4. What do you already know? I only know a little bit about what Krumping looks like but that’s about it.

5. Preconceptions or Biases? I don’t previously have any biases on the type of dance and the only preconception I have beforehand is that I think Krumping is pretty cool to watch. Especially things like their competitions.

Idea Number Two:

1. What Subculture? Religious Subculture (Christian)

2. Why are you interested? I am not religious myself, and I want to go to church and experience/observe “Sunday at church.” I always have been interested why Christians are the way they are and why they believe in the things they believe so I figure this is a great opportunity to go to church and observe the Christian subculture.

3. Access? I have a few friends that go to church, as well as my boyfriend and my parents are both very religious. I will probably go to church on a Sunday morning and attend a Christian church where I can comprehend the different things they learn and their values.

4. What do you already know? Honestly, I do not know tons of things about church or where the beliefs originated. I do know basics, like Christians believe in a God etc., but I do not know everything in the bible etc. and this is what I would like to learn.

5. Preconception? Biases? Going into this, I do have some biases because I do not believe in everything that Christians believe in so it will be interesting to try to understand their point of view. I don’t believe in everything that is in the Bible nor do I follow all the values a true Christian would follow.