Nikki's E-learning and Digital Cultures site » Week Seven http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib Nikki's E-Learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Thu, 30 May 2013 09:29:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Week Seven – Overview http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/06/week-seven-overview/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/06/week-seven-overview/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:36:53 +0000 Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=394 Offline life has put pause to my online pursuits.  Poorly children who require full attention leaving limited time to studies.

This week my tumblog post has highlighted the role of history/historicism plays in shaping the present and the future. I thought that this was apt given the current activity. This week has felt like a continuation of week six like how sections of a caterpillar link together. In this way considerations of community and culture in the previous week are still very raw in my mind and shape my reflections over these days.

Although I haven’t had time to put to print I am questioning how I could / should approach my ethnographic study. Although I have pinpointed the group I would like to explore as Grunge related I still need to clarify in my mind exactly how I’m going to approach it. This is a normal process for me before approaching any activity so I’m currently curious but comfortable.

A comment from Jen suggested that I might use my fieldwork to explore an idea that I had been mulling over from one of the posts from the  previous week.

How far can the common interest be stretched to encompass the imagining of online community.

I’m excited about the avenues this ethnographic exploration is going to lead me down…

 

 

 

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For my micro-ethnography I decided to study a Nirvana/Grunge Rock You Tube community. Access to the ethnography is available here and EDC comments are listed below.

 

]]> http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/06/micro-ethnography-nirvanagrunge-rock-you-tube-community/feed/ 10 History repeats itself / coiling down into the future… http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/01/history-repeats-itself-coiling-down-into-the-future/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/2013/03/01/history-repeats-itself-coiling-down-into-the-future/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:17:16 +0000 Nikki Bourke http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/nikkib/?p=341

I love this quote [above]. Thought it fitting given the ethnographic course content that we are currently covering. Highlighting the value of  the reflexive methodological approach.

 

History repeats itself / coiling down into the future…

 

Click here to view the embedded video.

  • Johnnydeeps (2008) History repeats itself A.O.S. available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIL-uFB7cIc [accessed 01.03.2013]
  • Foucault, M. (2007) Space, power and knowledge. I: During, S. The Cultural Studies Reader. London: Routledge pp. 164 – 171

 

 

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