(The full version of this post can be found at averydame.net)
I am, at the moment, procrastinating; if I were being properly productive, I would be hip-deep in research, watching long stretches of vlogs while taking notes, coding for specific content and comments.
However, I and my subjects are currently “seeing other people” (at least in my mind). No unethical contact (fucking or otherwise) is going on, but there are days where it certainly feels like it. My advisor describes ethnographic field work as “attentive hanging out,” but sitting with vloggers for (in some cases) hours on end feels more like an endless string of terrible dates with someone who can’t stop talking about themselves. Continue reading →
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