Ethnography Project Reflection: FOOD

Man, this was tuff stuff. It took time and focus to actually put this project into place. It seem to first start off when my English teacher, Lacy Manship, assigned her students to pick a place on campus that reveals underlife. I had so many options, including the Atkins Library, East Deck 2, and even the trail by the green house. Though it was hard to pick, my general question to myself was "where do I usually  hang out on campus?" and that narrowed my choices to one. CONE Building. Nearly every day at school my friends and I eat at CONES. It has television, music, performances, fast food restaurants, and just a cool environment to be around. Plus, it is closer to the library and closer to most of my classes. I picked this place because it's where I generally eat at, and so FOOD or EATING was one hell of a choice.

It was time to work with others in the class. My teammates on this FOOD Project were Deshaun Smith, Rabee Khan, and Drew Wall. All individuals were great to work with because we enjoyed each other's company. One of our favorite mission in this project was going out to eat! We usually try to observe how others choose their food and what eat, but at the same time, we observed how we ate. There was a time in Atkins Library where we four were all kind of tired since it was 8am on a friday, and it was coming to the point where the final project must be executed. Overall, working with these guys went well. We each had a different perspective on FOOD so it gave the project more to talk about.

Revision was constant. We had to make sure we observed all that can be observed when others are eating, or else we would had to come back observe again. Editing the video took most of the day to complete. Interviews needed to coincide. As a team, we revised our teamwork ethnics, video, and our thoughts. We first wanted to find the underlife to EATING, identifying an individual, but that couldn't produce a message. So we thought hard in class, and it finally came down to us with the help of Lacy of course. We wanted to send a message, and there were so many. Deshaun then spoke and said "You should be open-minded to other's disposition." This caught every group member's attention because it can be said to anybody in the world. We were thinking about hunger, the poor, obesity, and anorexic.

Creating this video was such concentration. With one computer to do it all, we had to make sure we agreed as a team as what we want on the video. As I said earlier, it took nearly a day to finish up this video, mainly due to the editing and different opinions on how the video should be made. At the end of the day, it was a work of art!

We enjoyed each other's company so much. This project got my group and I thinking more outside the box and how much creative we could get.

Click here to see our Ethnography Project: FOOD (Video)