During the summer camp podcast they were interviewing a bunch of kids and counselors who all attended that summer camp. The interviewers also got a chance to oversee everything that was going on. The kids and counselors all shared their unique experiences at summer camp and what they liked most about summer camp. I noticed that their stories were trying to make a bigger picture to help us understand things that can be applied into our own lives. I believe that the summer camp podcast was based upon an ethnography or a study of a group of people/society. The batman story was more of a profile based podcast where the podcast mainly focused on one person and interviewed them. I noticed one thing that. One quote that stuck out to me in summer camp was something about being apart of a team. He talked about how summer camp was all about being part of a team and how the team not only accomplishes goals with each other but the team has fun together. In the batman story the women relates blindness to social construction where we have beliefs about blind people and what they can and cannot do, and it is those beliefs that really limit the blind. I think the summer camp podcast was organized by theme because it sounds more interesting that way than if you were to organize it by chronological order. The batman podcast on the contrary was organized by chronological order talking about the life of this man in order of the events that took place. I think they chose to do it chronologically to have it connect better and make more sense to the reader who is trying to understand the batman's life. The idea that blindness is a social construction really struck me because if we really think about it its our ideas or beliefs about blind people that really limit to what they can do.
My critical question is "How weather affects society?" Ive been thinking who I should study or interview and I am leaning more towards something to do with flying. When flying airplanes or helicopters for that matter all you depend on or look out for is the weather. I think I would like to do a profile, an interview on a pilot. Ask them questions related to how weather affected not only him but other pilots as well. I also want to get more of a story aspect from my interview because I think that will make the reader better understand how the weather has affected pilots. I think it would be kind of interesting to hear whats the worse weather the have ever flown them and how that affected them. I would also like to know if being a pilot has made them more aware of the weather present day.
Max,
ReplyDeleteNice job responding to the podcasts. You do a great job of pointing out the "so what" for batman, but what did you see as the "so what" for the summer camp one? Also, you make good points about the organization, but can you give examples of how or where you see it organized that way?
In terms of your project, I think you've got a good idea in mind. Do you have an idea of how you will find someone to profile? Let's talk about this more in class.