Blog Post 2

So, remind the class what culture/subculture you have picked, then describe your possible fieldsite(s). If you’ve already been there, what sensory details can you remember? If you have not been there, what do you expect to find? In addition, discuss what you hope to learn about your particular culture/subculture by visiting a specific fieldsite(s). If you are already an insider, what new things do you hope to discover? If you are an outsider, are you looking to learn something specific about your chosen culture/subculture, or are you open to learn whatever you can?

For my subculture I am going to submerge myself into the art of tattooing. My main fieldsite would be a tattoo parlor but also I will be talking to a lot of students on campus. In a good tattoo parlor it is very clean, normally the walls are displayed with tattoos, artist work, piercings, and portfolios of the artist work. The noise of the tiny needles hitting human flesh is intimidating at first but is something you come accustomed to. As I sat in that chair not knowing what to expect from those needles dripping with black ink you remind yourself why you are doing this in the first place.  I will be entering the tattoo world  I hope to find the history and secret meanings and reasonings behind those who have been inked. At the end of my journey I will step into the chair again and remember what I am  there for.