Fieldworking Chapter 1: Groundwork Activity
For my research on the formality of literacy, I will make my focus in the university community primarily, but also I can shift attention to businesses in the area. Retail stores, convenience stores, restaurants (fancy, fast food, and everything between), banks, and government offices are all major centers of literacy work if you know where to look.
Mostly, I will be working with the university, but there are many subculters to consider in this particular area. I will focus my attention on English majoring stundents, non-English majors, professors (of any subject), and the online networking community (Facebook in particular). I need to gain more insight on a prfessor’s daily literacy usage, and I would like to investigate the difference in English majors’ literacy and that of non-majors, how much of a difference there is, and the poarity of that difference. I may need to look into an outsider perspective of the networking community to gain a more well-rounded understanding of it’s role in society.
I am partially concerned with the compliance of teenagers to talk about writing. Also, I am worried that I may not find enough professors in the right fields with enough time to spare for an interview.
I am already established in the networking and non-major communities. Maybe I can contribute to the teaching community with specific oppurtunities at insight (dependant upon the teacher), and, if nothing else, teach English majors that they aren’t necessarily better at reading and writing than everyone else just because it’s thier major. They may discover a disadvantage.
September 30, 2009 at 5:40 pm
You caught my eye when mentioning you would also include the business area of the university. I’m a business management major, so I was definitely interested! If you’d like, I have a few notes on the food service (Sodexo) that I could share with you to help with your project.
I understand about being worried that you won’t have enough time. Between our RJs, WAs, and other classes, sometimes it seems like we won’t have time to get a good, solid proposal in. But I believe you can do it! (Yay for… power of positive thinking? Hahaha)