weekly reflection 04/24/2026

during this week of ethnography and composition, we learned about the aids pandemic in the late nineteenth century; early two thousand. And Feminist Ethnography. In the film, it discussed many, stereotypes, stigmas, and propaganda that progressively lead to the worsening of the pandemic in the United States, and how lack of government funding, awareness, and protections caused the pandemic to increasingly spread and develop among citizens. Many forms of protests were seen throughout this time period, and the film conveyed the power citizens hold when they come together and fight to make a change. This directly connects to Feminist Ethnography which focuses on studying and observing Gender whilst correlating in factors of race, class, sexuality, and disability. Because a feminist ethnographer would want to observe and discover how different sexual orientations in different genders affect treatment in the United States. and differentiate societies customs to that of a sub-culture.

weekly reflection 05/01/2026

In this week’s ethnography class, we watched a video on the topic of worker control in Venezuela, as well as learning about hidden symbols in composition. I connected these two topics by finding the hidden symbols conveyed in the video. a union of workers running a self-management factory, in a country where monopolies hold an extreme amount of wealth and power. they not only conveyed resilience, but shined a symbol of hope to its workers, a symbol of freedom from oppression and a symbol of power of what could be done if a group of people work together. This video was very educating and introduced a interesting way businesses could possibly be ran. Overall, this factory company, conveyed resilience and shined as a hidden symbol to what unity, intellect, effort, and hard work can accomplish. Shining a hope on other workers to break away from a flawed system and join in creating a better one.

weekly reflection 05/08/2026

In composition, we read excerpts from Parable of the Sower By Lauren Olamina, I interpreted this text to be metaphorically speaking about the idea that we humans have the possibility of making changes in our society if we place conscious effort. I can correlate this to Ethnographic because this is exactly what we read A Factory Without Bosses. these group of factory workers faced harassment from other companies, and monopoly holders and still stood strong in order to achieve change. They camped outside the factory. rebuilt what was once destroyed, and walked miles home, just in hopes to be able to be voiced in their own community. This resulted in the workers taking control and creating a workers republic with a set up similar to checks and balances. This conveys what Olamina was trying to speak with her texts. the human conscious has enough power to start revolutions should it deem so.

weekly reflection 05/15/2026

This week we explored A Moral Education by Garth Greenwell’s. And in this text, it discusses the need for discomfort, and uncomfortable situations to help one grow. Greenwell’s believed that embracing discomfort was better than rejection and would rather do the opposite of what we assume might come from these certain types of situations. the story brought to life what societal norms make reality and allowed me to connect this to the myth of bartering, which we learned in ethnography. False concepts on how the financial system came to play is widely believed. One of them being bartering, but this could be further from the truth. It was actually discovered that trades focused more on relationships rather than a give and take functionality. This correlates back to Composition because in both cases society deemed something the truth and left those who do not fit in abandoned and discarded. But by adding discomfort to our lives it allows us to grow, and strive for a better system and better development within ones self rather than trapping us in it.