Neighborhood Ethnography

[uberfraggle]

So today I had my first one-on-one meeting with Rachel today concerning my project for my ethnography class this semester. The ethnography is on the genderbent community of New Orleans, and how performance space and styles are affected by race and gender identity

Comments

[anthro_polly]

These are really good. I haven't read all of them, but I wanted to leave a comment on the 2nd entry before I forgot. In the middle-ish of the entry you talk about how coming out, the moment was lost on you because you hadn't had what seems like the "typical" experience. I think it'd be interesting and helpful to explore that more. Like, why you feel that moment was "lost" because you didn't have a certain set of experiences or because yours were different, what influences and has shaped your thoughts on what coming out should be and what it actually is, etc.

[anthro_polly]

The entry where you talk about Neil and how he's changed, how you've changed is very good. I think you could probably expand on that indefinitely and it'd all be useful, especially on that whole "someone I'm so close to but don't know at all" part

[anthro_polly]

Ok, I just thought of this. remember when rach was explaining how to do better neighborhood interviews w/ people you know: by asking them to tell stories vs the "right" answer?

maybe it'd be helpful to tell some stories in addition to all of this fucking awesome introspection & self reflection. like some specific incidences of others denying your hispanic heritage, or more stories on neil's appearances in your life off stage, or i don't know. maybe that's a crap suggestion.

[kiltypleasure]

You are a goddamn wordsmith

[anthro_polly]

I want to read them!

Happy to oblige, m'dear.

[kiltypleasure]

Sexually dimorphic gene expression in mouse brain precedes gonadal differentiation

The endless quest for sex determination genes

Here are some papers by one of the leading researchers in the field, Eric Vilain. Both links go directly to PDF downloads.

Johnnyfer, I can't read German, so it took me for-goddamn-ever to figure out how to reply to Ms. Lew.

Re: Happy to oblige, m'dear.

[uberfraggle]

Well garsh Kathryn, maybe you should stop being so ethnocentric!

[anthro_polly]

and...I just noticed this "izzy's laughter"? ahem...-what- is that, ma'am? ;)

[uberfraggle]

Mostly, that was done at your expense...

[anthro_polly]

oh you're so sweet!