Post #10

I'm not exactly sure how I want to structure my mini-ethnography, but I do know I want to talk about the stereotyping when it comes to people in musical choir. Also, I want to make sure I cover how these people act in their environment compared to how they act in other environments. Last, I want to talk about how music has affected people in their lives. I want to interview a bunch of people from the musical choir culture and ask each of them how music has affected them and how it makes them feel. I feel like if I can have these main points in my mini-ethnography, people will get a better understanding when it comes to this particular culture and why people like to be in choir.

I will talk about my interest in the subculture and my experience in the culture. This way, people will understand how I know so much about the culture and it gives them a perspective from a former insider.

The best way to write my mini-ethnography is to have some kind of order. I can first talk briefly about the history of music, giving them a brief outline of musical choir history. Then, I can talk about some of the sensory details of the choir room to give the reader a feel for the culture. Next, I can put in interviews from people in the culture and ask them questions as to why they enjoy choir, when they have practice, etc. This way the audience can understand the effects choir has on a society and how it gives them a sense of belonging and purpose.  I feel if I can set my mini-ethnography up in an order like this, the ethnography will have a good flow and the audience will understand it more and have each of their questions answered.

I could conclude the piece by talking about the effects musical choir has on a society and why it is important in our society today. This would give a good ending to the ethnography because it summarizes what has already been said and then gets into more detail why these concepts talked about in the ethnography are important, making an effective ending to the ethnography with a good summary of the concepts and a good closer talking about the why choir is important.

I think this particular structure might be the best to go with because it gives the reader a feel for what the culture looks like, giving them a visual of the site, then talking about what goes on in the culture, giving the reader a way of seeing what goes on in the culture, why people like choir, giving the reader a reason why so many people like choir, and then ending with why choir is so important in our society, summarizing the main points of the mini-ethnography and stating the importance of choir in society, giving the reader a better understanding of the culture and why it's important. I feel that by doing it in this particular order, I won't lose the reader. The reader can read the ethnography and have each question they have answered step by step as they go. I feel like this is the best way to order my paper and it gives my audience the best understanding of the musical choir subculture without leaving out any details.