Blog post 6

Very simple for this week: Locate two sources, read them, and post an annotation for each, just like we discussed in class. So, provide the citation (i.e. how the source would be documented on a works cited page), one paragraph summarizing the source (remember, if it's a research study you need to show how the authors got their results, what their results were, and why the did the study), and a second paragraph explaining how you will use the source in your mini-ethnography.

Hudson, Karen. "Tuscon Weekly Gets Ugly."About.com 18 July 2000:2.pag.8 Feb. 2009 <http://tattoo.about.com/cs/articles/a/tucson_weekly.htm>

This article is about a writer in Arizona that has a negative view on tattoos. He does not believe that people with tattoos fit into a modern day society. He also throws out many stereotypes that are often connected to people with tattoos especially in women.

This article will become of good use in my mini-ethnography when talking about the stereotypes that people face when making the decision to get tattooed. It also gives me a radical outsider insight on why people are so against tattooing.

Vanishingtattoo.com. 2009. The Vanishing Tattoo. 18 Feb. 2009

Although at first this website does not look very professional, as you look though it you find it has much to offer. The website contains much information about the history, culture, facts, and news about tattoos. Also within the website is an online tattoo history museum.

This website can help me in many ways when I go to write my mini-ethnography. The section of this website that i feel will help me a lot is the culture aspect of tattooing seeing as how that is what I am writing about. In this section of the website it talks about "the rituals and social significance of tattooing in cultures around the world". Within this it contains information about anywhere from gangs to media and advertising to military to religious body art.