Archives for July, 2020 - Page 5
On Noodle Trains and Group Interviews
Context: I am the director of a summer camp called StoryArts and this week happened to be our journalism week, so I ended up using one of our camp...
Interview practicum with line-by-line reflection
Interview: interviewee is Sonam, who I did an observation of her chanting by the fieldnotes practice, so I continued an interview with her to explore an artifact in her...
Maternity in the Polity – An Interview with My Mom
At the end of this post I have attached a brief excerpt from my interview with my mother. As for some context: in my current research on conservatives, I...
Virtual Ethnography Code of Ethics – Drafted 6/24
Collectively written by: Gabrielle Mahabeer; Alie Goldblatt; and Anna Prior Preamble We have created this code of ethics as a guide for us to return to throughout our research...
Identity and Organizational Structure in Habbo
Esteban Mendoza Practicum 3 Identity and Organizational Structure in Habbo Habbo is an online social networking website, targeted mainly at teenagers, marketed as “the planet’s most popular virtual...
Wealth and Identity in Habbo
Launched in 2010, Habbo is a social networking and online community where teenage and young adult users engage and interact with one another. Upon entering the world of Habbo,...
Waiting Out the Rain in Project Zomboid
Many video games draw players in with fast-paced, vibrant gameplay that provides instant gratification through hyperstimulation and perpetual rewards; however, Project Zomboid offers players a different form of engagement, replacing constant...
Habbo days
I tried Habbo (https://www.moregameslike.com/habbo/) this week from Tuesday to Friday, about an hour each day. It is a mood journey from exciting-confusing-boring-happy to “on track”. Firstly, it is a...
How Lack of Identity Complements a Transcending Purpose
Sky: Children of the Light Question: How do avatars and interactions in Sky:Children of the Light inform our human existence/position in the greater, vast cosmos? Sky: Children of the...
Friendship and Care in Roblox
Roblox is a virtual platform that centers around game creation and programming. Users create three dimensional worlds to be shared with and played amongst millions of players. A variety...