I am not where I was 15 weeks ago where the definition of methods was that little fuzzy thing you kind of see in your eye that you can’t even quite catch. BUT I am still working through my own definition. Today I am trying on “Methods are the tools that we use to build our theoretical frameworks and methodology is how we use those tools.” Some tools I am applying to my project are (including but not limited to): Tool #1: Subjectivity/Intuition Phillip Brian Harper’s argument of subjectivity in “The Evidence of Felt Intuition: Minority Experience, Everyday Life, and …

Hi! My long project will be a work-in-progress website, hosted at the gc commons. I want to use this an auto/duo/multi-ethnographic exercise for myself and others to tell and collect stories. This will be a living tool where I can work through thoughts and ideas of my academic work, but not divorced from the stories of and by people who I am connected with and studying – including myself. I don’t want to just collect information though. It is important for me to collect, document and present as a part of my method – so that stories – people – …

I have been thinking alot about our auto-ethnography posts on padlet. Writing mine was cathartic. While the amount of selfies on my camera roll might expose my narcissistic tendencies (although I like to think of it within the frame work self love) the auto-ethnography assignment felt third person-y in a way that led to introspection. I am still working out why that is. The equalityarchive is where I am going to focus my efforts for the short project – but after a brief conversation with Matt after class – I began thinking more and more about an auto-ethnography project for …

Hostos Community College,A.A. 2008-2011 My first few weeks at Hostos my mom and I started calling it “the socialist republic of Hostos.” I got my teeth cleaned for the first time in a decade. My son got his teeth cleaned for the first time in his life. I met with a case worker to get my public assistance back. She taught me what to say, what deadlines were coming up, what deadlines were the same year to year. different person helped me get health insurance. I met with a paralegal to help with housing applications. Got a free metro card. Got …

I was talking through some of the internal choques I felt after class on Monday – and my mom sent me this and reminded me to stop running into the side yelling “it’s a wall!” Not sure this is helpful to anyone else – but wanted to share.

…because you don’t need access to something that is open – right? This open v ______ (the blank is mercurial because I am having a hard time defining open in a static way so the opposite is escaping me) has been rolling around in my mind since last class – so I am going to attempt to get some of my questions/thoughts/tensions out here for potential conversation. These thoughts all stem from my other class where we are reading among other things Nickle and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich which is essentially a book about her having low-wage jobs and trying …