Blog post 7

By now you should have visited your site at least once (if not a few times), interviewed one or two people (or at least set-up interviews for the not-too-distant future), and gathered some research. Now I want you to start thinking about the benefits of fieldwork and what you can give back to your chosen culture/subculture by doing your research. So, what can you give back to your community? You should know a good deal at this point, so what does your community need that you can provide them? What is your contribution (to the community, to our class, to your own education)? Think about it and post on your blogs.

I believe with my mini-ethnography i can pull the subculture of tattoos out of that stereotype of prisoners and gang members and bikers (or at least try) and show people that tattooing is an art and a beautiful one. What can I give back? I can give back information on what a tattoo can really mean to someone. I can tell them my own personal story.They need my information on what tattooing is really about. The contribution to my class is to give them the information they need to better understand this subculture. To my own education is to better educate myself on how I can be a better artist and how to possibly someday make a career out of this.