Spent virtual Thursday collaborating with two of my group members, Adrian (http://adriandeprima.blogspot.com/) and Jared (http://jaredlnorman.blogspot.com/) Together we may have this project licked! We divided up how we wanted to attack the presentation and what specifically each will cover. It was good to hear what their reactions are to the festival, the people, and why it's so important as a "place" in UT, and the world. My aspect will be the "a" fect the festival has on the people from outside of UT that attend, as well as their relationship with volunteers from the festival, and the locals.

To be an ethnographer...

To be an ethnographer means to attempt to capture the emotional aura of a "place" and endeavor to translate that into a medium easily understood by your audience. Whether through writing or visual method, ethnographers convey what makes a "place" important and essential to the culture of the time.