Tag: subculture

Subculture of political activists in Kazakhstan

December 3, 2020

Video Transcript: I conducted my research on political opposition activists in Kazakhstan. The subculture of activists and protesters against corrupt and dictatorial politics is one of the largest subcultures in Kazakhstan. However, despite this fact, the main constituent of the subculture is the millennium and the younger generation in general. Therefore, the question that interested … More Subculture of political activists in Kazakhstan

Presenting Your Project

November 7, 2020

At the end of the semester, you will give a five-minute, multimodal presentation of your ethnography project to the class using the digital platform of your choice. (Some examples include Google Slides, Strikingly, Prezi.) Think of this five-minute presentation as an elevator pitch (see this explanation here and also here). You will also publish your … More Presenting Your Project

Conducting Fieldwork

November 2, 2020

Online Observations, Artifact Collection & Fieldnotes. Over multiple visits this semester, you will observe members of your subculture online. During your observations, you will take screenshots of the content they create and share, including but not limited to members’ profile information; written text, images, and videos created and shared; and the reactions, comments, and conversations. … More Conducting Fieldwork

Selecting Your Topic

November 1, 2020

The ethnography project will take you into the virtual field to observe a publicly viewable (rather than private, secret, or member-restricted) subculture on a social media site. You’ll write an essay that uses digital fieldwork along with scholarly and (credible) web research as the basis for an interpretation of the subculture. Through the Topic Selection … More Selecting Your Topic