Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Project 2 Reflection
This project was a good learning experience for me as it allowed me to be creative with my writing and zoom in on a specific moment of my life which a lot of the times isn't allowed in college or even high school for that matter. It was a fun exercise that taught us how to construct a nonfiction article that still brought light to a topic, while also using a story that relates to me and in the sense is creative when getting into the details of said story. Also incorporating things I have read or even seen in the past like Grease and Death of a Salesman added an aspect of creativity as well. I didn't feel as if I was being forced to write. I wrote how I actually felt and was able to express myself while also using evidence to back it up. I really liked this project and I hope we do more like it in the future.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Unit 2 Project- Creative Nonfiction
Sexual Tension
As a society, we see discourse communities in everyday life that go completely unnoticed. Two major discourse communities that are very prevalent in todays world is the battle of the sexes. The way people interact with each other almost always relates back to gender. The way that males might communicate with other males is completely different from how they would talk to females. This is a part of life, I mean after all, opposing sexes are mentally wired differently. It is common knowledge and even science has proven this fact. However, this causes for an extreme amount of tension between sexes. Although this tension sometimes goes unnoticed, in my high school it was hard to ignore.
As I walked into high school on my first day, one of the first major differences from middle school were our principals. Not only was my principal and vice principal now both women, but they both were also lesbian. Going to a high school everyday where I had principals that were women who were openly lesbian was a different vibe then what I was normally used to. Now I had no problem with this fact, however it was just going to be different than having a male principal which was what I was normally used to. The discipline might be different, they might have different agendas and rules to follow and also might be a lot more sensitive toward different topics than a male would. Although, many would believe there would be no difference compared to a male principal, it had a huge impact on the types of activities our school would partake in. Many times women and their rights would be promoted throughout the school through posters and other media that students would view throughout the school. It seemed ironic to me how they were talking about how women are oppressed yet they hold the highest position of power in the institution which was the high school. Even the teachers were predominantly female which causes some major discourse issues when attempting to have class discussions. As a male in the school I felt as if I was overruled many times in classrooms simply because females, including the teachers, would automatically team up on an argument I had proposed. I felt like I wasn't able to show who I was as a person because women would always portray the men in the classrooms as less mature and in effect, not as intelligent. Although us guys would sometimes say stupid things I'll admit, in high school we were extremely limited in talking out as compared to women. Girls would always get first dibs on anything we did, and every view in all of my history or sociology classes would always end up on how women are oppressed and how they need more attention, higher wages and equality. Although they are correct to a degree, I believe that it could be toned down a bit. This expression of views would just make the men in the school angered, and more likely to poke fun at women as a gender. Women need to be heard I agree, however in a public school setting, it only allows for a bigger polarization of sexes.
A girl in my class had an idea shortly after the super bowl commercial that was released by the female hygiene company, Always, which expressed how the saying 'you throw like a girl' is offensive. Her idea was to express this throughout the school as well. This girl then created an Instagram account which asked all girls to submit a picture of them playing a sport, or doing something they love. These pictures were all then compiled into one huge collage which was titled 'We Throw Like Girls' in the library. The saying is looked down upon by women because it teaches society that throwing like a girl is a bad thing. Now although this is true, there are also things in society that oppose men as well. Societal norms teach men that they need to act a certain way to be successful and there are many things that make us feel confined to this notion as well yet there is no campaign for that. Men like myself throughout our high school were fed up with all of the pointless attention only women were getting in the school. Because of this, many guys lashed out on this girls Instagram, offending some sensitive women by simply stating their mind. These posts were immediately brought to the attention of our principal who even called the gentlemen who made the comments down to her office. It seems quite unfair how someone who was only stating his mind in an argument can get disciplined for doing so. People nowadays are so sensitive to everything we do as a result of growing up in a sheltered environment like this one. The genders became so polarized throughout the school that people would be getting in arguments about gender everyday. It got to the point where guys would even argue that cheerleading isn't a sport just to rile up the girls even more. This led to hatred and would create a barrier between the two sexes that nobody was prepared for.
Instead of creating more polarization by promoting one gender, we should be promoting equality and how both genders are able to do whatever they set their mind to. No one gender is superior to the other and we need to see this. We should take notice of certain things in society that do oppose one gender, however we need to see the other side of the argument as well and see that standards in society are created for both genders. There is still a standard of men to be looked at as the leader of the house and for the woman to be the stay at home mom to take care of the house and kids. This standard in general needs to be challenged and in order to create change, bring awareness to the bigger picture. Awareness to only one side, will only create for more tension between the genders. Being in this environment really opened my eyes to the effects of tension between two discourse communities and how everyday these communities clash. We need to be able to come together to recognize the differences and problems with each community and be able to get past them in order to solve collective action problems between the discourse communities.
Gender in an institution, such as a high school, facilitates power through the organization and creates tension, and discourse problems among members. According to Karen Lee Ashcraft's Gender, Discourse and Organization: Framing a Shifting Relationship, within David Grants The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse, discourse is "an outcome or reflection of one's gender identity" where "discourse becomes a vehicle of self expression" (Grant 276). Communicating automatically establishes our gender and self expression without us even realizing it. This is completely natural and until we realize this, the tension between genders will never go away.
As I walked into high school on my first day, one of the first major differences from middle school were our principals. Not only was my principal and vice principal now both women, but they both were also lesbian. Going to a high school everyday where I had principals that were women who were openly lesbian was a different vibe then what I was normally used to. Now I had no problem with this fact, however it was just going to be different than having a male principal which was what I was normally used to. The discipline might be different, they might have different agendas and rules to follow and also might be a lot more sensitive toward different topics than a male would. Although, many would believe there would be no difference compared to a male principal, it had a huge impact on the types of activities our school would partake in. Many times women and their rights would be promoted throughout the school through posters and other media that students would view throughout the school. It seemed ironic to me how they were talking about how women are oppressed yet they hold the highest position of power in the institution which was the high school. Even the teachers were predominantly female which causes some major discourse issues when attempting to have class discussions. As a male in the school I felt as if I was overruled many times in classrooms simply because females, including the teachers, would automatically team up on an argument I had proposed. I felt like I wasn't able to show who I was as a person because women would always portray the men in the classrooms as less mature and in effect, not as intelligent. Although us guys would sometimes say stupid things I'll admit, in high school we were extremely limited in talking out as compared to women. Girls would always get first dibs on anything we did, and every view in all of my history or sociology classes would always end up on how women are oppressed and how they need more attention, higher wages and equality. Although they are correct to a degree, I believe that it could be toned down a bit. This expression of views would just make the men in the school angered, and more likely to poke fun at women as a gender. Women need to be heard I agree, however in a public school setting, it only allows for a bigger polarization of sexes.
A girl in my class had an idea shortly after the super bowl commercial that was released by the female hygiene company, Always, which expressed how the saying 'you throw like a girl' is offensive. Her idea was to express this throughout the school as well. This girl then created an Instagram account which asked all girls to submit a picture of them playing a sport, or doing something they love. These pictures were all then compiled into one huge collage which was titled 'We Throw Like Girls' in the library. The saying is looked down upon by women because it teaches society that throwing like a girl is a bad thing. Now although this is true, there are also things in society that oppose men as well. Societal norms teach men that they need to act a certain way to be successful and there are many things that make us feel confined to this notion as well yet there is no campaign for that. Men like myself throughout our high school were fed up with all of the pointless attention only women were getting in the school. Because of this, many guys lashed out on this girls Instagram, offending some sensitive women by simply stating their mind. These posts were immediately brought to the attention of our principal who even called the gentlemen who made the comments down to her office. It seems quite unfair how someone who was only stating his mind in an argument can get disciplined for doing so. People nowadays are so sensitive to everything we do as a result of growing up in a sheltered environment like this one. The genders became so polarized throughout the school that people would be getting in arguments about gender everyday. It got to the point where guys would even argue that cheerleading isn't a sport just to rile up the girls even more. This led to hatred and would create a barrier between the two sexes that nobody was prepared for.
Instead of creating more polarization by promoting one gender, we should be promoting equality and how both genders are able to do whatever they set their mind to. No one gender is superior to the other and we need to see this. We should take notice of certain things in society that do oppose one gender, however we need to see the other side of the argument as well and see that standards in society are created for both genders. There is still a standard of men to be looked at as the leader of the house and for the woman to be the stay at home mom to take care of the house and kids. This standard in general needs to be challenged and in order to create change, bring awareness to the bigger picture. Awareness to only one side, will only create for more tension between the genders. Being in this environment really opened my eyes to the effects of tension between two discourse communities and how everyday these communities clash. We need to be able to come together to recognize the differences and problems with each community and be able to get past them in order to solve collective action problems between the discourse communities.
Gender in an institution, such as a high school, facilitates power through the organization and creates tension, and discourse problems among members. According to Karen Lee Ashcraft's Gender, Discourse and Organization: Framing a Shifting Relationship, within David Grants The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse, discourse is "an outcome or reflection of one's gender identity" where "discourse becomes a vehicle of self expression" (Grant 276). Communicating automatically establishes our gender and self expression without us even realizing it. This is completely natural and until we realize this, the tension between genders will never go away.
One of the most famous movies of all time shows these communities in dissonance throughout, as well as exploits the common roles each gender typically plays especially in an institution such as a high school. The 1978 movie Grease shows how people, especially in high school, find their own group usually of the same gender that stick together. Typically, they are always at odds with another group usually of another gender where there are often discourse problems that create for even bigger problems for each other. For example in this clip, Grease Gender Discourse, Danny Zuko, the leader of his gang the T-Birds, fell in love with Sandy over the summer who is apart of the Pink Ladies. However, now that Zuko is in front of the gender groups he needs to keep his reputation in tact and is willing to sacrifice his relationship to seem cool and apart of his group. He starts off excited to see her however, after realizing that the guys were watching he immediately started acting cool and not caring about her presence. This is a shallow tactic, although he seems to regret his decision by the end, his decision already caused more tension between the gender groups. This movie is a great example of tension between gender discourse communities in an institution especially a high school. It is so easy to get caught up with the differences between gender which is shown a lot throughout Grease. Even the moral is quite oppressive towards women. The movie shows how in order for a woman to get the man she needs to change for him. This is a terrible moral and highlights the polarization of genders even more.
Although in my situation women seemed to be the dominant force, men seemed to be the much more prevailing force throughout Grease. Both perspectives are wrong and unjust. People tend to get hurt when you make generalizations based off of their gender. This is just part of the way we had grown up as this tension between discourse communities is even written in our history books. We see this tension throughout everything we do. We have tendencies to think that because we are a certain gender, it means that we shouldn’t be confined to what the standards are that are set to that gender. However, we need to see that these standards will always be there. Men will always be looked at as the one who needs to get a job and deal with the pressure that comes with the responsibility of his role as family provider which is shown in the play written by Arthur Miller, The Death of a Salesman. The husband Willy Lohman is put under so much pressure to support his family that he ultimately commits suicide. Many times, we fail to recognize this side of the gender perspective and usually just see how women are confined to their role as housekeeper and family caretaker. However, if a man is a stay-at-home-dad, he is looked at as someone who is weak and cannot provide for his family. It truly does work both ways and these generalizations will not get better until we, as a society, find a balance between gender communities. It is general knowledge that there will always be dissonance between men and women. This is why we have to try and find a happy medium of this dissonance and make sure one side isn’t oppressing the other. Although equality is hard to achieve, we can get pretty close if we notice that when we communicate, people express their gender through the terminology and discourse that they use. We also need to take note of the differences between communities and be accepting of them. Especially in an institution like high school, gender discourse problems can cause a nightmare that nobody wants to address. However, it is still necessary to address them directly if we want to truly create change and bring about equality between communities.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Mini- Dialogue
As I sit in the library reading Death of a Salesman I am joined by the author, Arthur Miller, as well as Karen Lee Ashcraft. These two writers give me insight on what they were thinking about when writing about gender discourse communities within society.
Anthony (Me): I have noticed many problems with the way genders interact today throughout society. A big part of that has to do with the way we as a society have framed gender roles and how we have created standards that everyone of their gender seems required to meet.
Arthur Miller: Precisely! And that is exactly what I was trying to get across in my script of "Death of a Salesman". It's exactly how life is still today? Sheesh! I would've thought some things have changed since my time especially after showing the world that society needs to change in my play.
Karen Lee Ashcraft: Yea not much has really changed when it comes to gender dissonance and it is mostly because no matter what we will always express our gender through communication. Without even noticing it we automatically express our gender through the way we speak and write to each other. When we pick up on this expression of gender and we are of the opposite sex, we tend to immediately try and show how our gender is superior or how they need more attention. However, it is a matter of fact that both need to be looked at equally. This is very hard for us because of the gender roles that have been implemented in our minds since we were young. Women nowadays however have taken more positions of leadership and power than ever. Especially in business, which is a great start. However, they cannot be using these positions of power to exert force against men in society. Especially in institutions, gender shapes organizational communication habits as linguistic choices and leadership tactics. As I said in my article Framing a Shifting Relationship. (Grant 275-278)
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
Anthony (Me): I have noticed many problems with the way genders interact today throughout society. A big part of that has to do with the way we as a society have framed gender roles and how we have created standards that everyone of their gender seems required to meet.
Arthur Miller: Precisely! And that is exactly what I was trying to get across in my script of "Death of a Salesman". It's exactly how life is still today? Sheesh! I would've thought some things have changed since my time especially after showing the world that society needs to change in my play.
Karen Lee Ashcraft: Yea not much has really changed when it comes to gender dissonance and it is mostly because no matter what we will always express our gender through communication. Without even noticing it we automatically express our gender through the way we speak and write to each other. When we pick up on this expression of gender and we are of the opposite sex, we tend to immediately try and show how our gender is superior or how they need more attention. However, it is a matter of fact that both need to be looked at equally. This is very hard for us because of the gender roles that have been implemented in our minds since we were young. Women nowadays however have taken more positions of leadership and power than ever. Especially in business, which is a great start. However, they cannot be using these positions of power to exert force against men in society. Especially in institutions, gender shapes organizational communication habits as linguistic choices and leadership tactics. As I said in my article Framing a Shifting Relationship. (Grant 275-278)
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
Thursday, October 15, 2015
750- Word Draft of Project
Sexual Tension
As a society, we see discourse communities in everyday life that go completely unnoticed. Two major discourse communities that are very prevalent in todays world is the battle of the sexes. The way people interact with each other is always related back to gender. Some things that males might say to other males is completely different from what they would say to females. This is a part of life, I mean after all, opposing sexes are mentally wired differently. It is common knowledge and even science has proven this fact. However, this causes for an extreme amount of tension between sexes. Although this tension sometimes goes unnoticed, in my high school it was hard to ignore.
As I walked into high school on my first day, one of the first major differences from middle school were our principals. Not only was my principal and vice principal now both women, but they both were also lesbian. Going to a high school everyday where I had principals that were women who were openly lesbian was a different vibe then what I was normally used to. I had no problem with this fact, however it was just going to be different than having a male principal and what I was normally used to. The discipline might be different, they might have different agendas and rules to follow and also might be a lot more sensitive toward different topics than a male would. Although, many would believe there would be no difference compared to a male principal, it had a huge impact on the types of things our school would do. Many times women and their rights would be promoted throughout the school through posters and other media that students would view throughout the school. It seemed ironic to me how they were talking about how women are oppressed yet they hold the highest position of power. Even the teachers were predominantly female which causes some major discourse issues when attempting to have class discussions. As a male in the school I felt as if I was overruled many times in classrooms simply because females, including the teachers, would automatically team up on an argument I had proposed. I felt like I wasn't able to show who I was as a person because women would always portray the men in the classrooms as less mature and in effect, not as intelligent. Although us guys would sometimes say stupid things I'll admit, in high school we were extremely limited in talking out as compared to women. Girls would always get first dibs on anything we did, and every view in all of my history or sociology classes would always end up on how women are oppressed and how they need more attention, higher wages and equality. Although they are correct to a degree, I believe that it could be toned down a bit. This expression of views would just make the men in the school angered, and more likely to poke fun at women as a gender. Women need to be heard I agree, however in a public school setting, it only allows for a bigger polarization of sexes.
A girl in my class had an idea shortly after the super bowl commercial that was released by the female hygiene company, Always, which expressed how the saying 'you throw like a girl' is offensive. Her idea was to express this throughout the school as well. This girl then created an Instagram account which asked all girls to submit a picture of them playing a sport, or doing something they love. These pictures were all then compiled into one huge collage which was titled 'We Throw Like Girls' in the library. The saying is looked down upon by women because it teaches society that throwing like a girl is a bad thing. Now although this is true, there are also things in society that oppose men as well. Societal norms teach men that they need to act a certain way to be successful and there are many things that make us feel confined to this notion as well yet there is no campaign for that. Men like myself throughout our high school were fed up with all of the pointless attention only women were getting in the school. Because of this, many guys lashed out on this girls Instagram, offending some sensitive women by simply stating their mind. These posts were immediately brought to the attention of our principal who even called the gentlemen who made the comments down to her office. It seems quite unfair how someone who was only stating his mind in an argument can get disciplined for doing so. People nowadays are so sensitive to everything we do as a result of growing up in a sheltered environment like this one. The genders became so polarized throughout the school that people would be getting in arguments about gender everyday. It got to the point where guys would even argue that cheerleading isn't a sport just to rile up the girls even more. This led to hatred and would create a barrier between the two sexes that nobody was prepared for.
Instead of creating more polarization by promoting one gender, we should be promoting equality and how both genders are able to do whatever they set their mind to. No one gender is superior to the other and we need to see this. We should take notice of certain things in society that do oppose one gender, however we need to see the other side of the argument as well and see that standards in society are created for both genders. There is still a standard of men to be looked at as the leader of the house and for the woman to be the stay at home mom to take care of the house and kids. This standard in general needs to be challenged and in order to create change, bring awareness to the bigger picture. Awareness to only one side, will only create for more tension between the genders. Being in this environment really opened my eyes to the effects of tension between two discourse communities and how everyday these communities clash. We need to be able to come together to recognize the differences and problems with each community and be able to get past them in order to solve collective action problems between the discourse communities.
Gender in an institution, such as a high school, facilitates power through the organization and creates tension, and discourse problems among members. According to Karen Lee Ashcraft's Gender, Discourse and Organization: Framing a Shifting Relationship, within David Grants The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse, discourse is "an outcome or reflection of one's gender identity" where "discourse becomes a vehicle of self expression" (Grant 276). Communicating automatically establishes our gender and self expression without us even realizing it. This is completely natural and until we realize this, the tension between genders will never go away.
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
As I walked into high school on my first day, one of the first major differences from middle school were our principals. Not only was my principal and vice principal now both women, but they both were also lesbian. Going to a high school everyday where I had principals that were women who were openly lesbian was a different vibe then what I was normally used to. I had no problem with this fact, however it was just going to be different than having a male principal and what I was normally used to. The discipline might be different, they might have different agendas and rules to follow and also might be a lot more sensitive toward different topics than a male would. Although, many would believe there would be no difference compared to a male principal, it had a huge impact on the types of things our school would do. Many times women and their rights would be promoted throughout the school through posters and other media that students would view throughout the school. It seemed ironic to me how they were talking about how women are oppressed yet they hold the highest position of power. Even the teachers were predominantly female which causes some major discourse issues when attempting to have class discussions. As a male in the school I felt as if I was overruled many times in classrooms simply because females, including the teachers, would automatically team up on an argument I had proposed. I felt like I wasn't able to show who I was as a person because women would always portray the men in the classrooms as less mature and in effect, not as intelligent. Although us guys would sometimes say stupid things I'll admit, in high school we were extremely limited in talking out as compared to women. Girls would always get first dibs on anything we did, and every view in all of my history or sociology classes would always end up on how women are oppressed and how they need more attention, higher wages and equality. Although they are correct to a degree, I believe that it could be toned down a bit. This expression of views would just make the men in the school angered, and more likely to poke fun at women as a gender. Women need to be heard I agree, however in a public school setting, it only allows for a bigger polarization of sexes.
A girl in my class had an idea shortly after the super bowl commercial that was released by the female hygiene company, Always, which expressed how the saying 'you throw like a girl' is offensive. Her idea was to express this throughout the school as well. This girl then created an Instagram account which asked all girls to submit a picture of them playing a sport, or doing something they love. These pictures were all then compiled into one huge collage which was titled 'We Throw Like Girls' in the library. The saying is looked down upon by women because it teaches society that throwing like a girl is a bad thing. Now although this is true, there are also things in society that oppose men as well. Societal norms teach men that they need to act a certain way to be successful and there are many things that make us feel confined to this notion as well yet there is no campaign for that. Men like myself throughout our high school were fed up with all of the pointless attention only women were getting in the school. Because of this, many guys lashed out on this girls Instagram, offending some sensitive women by simply stating their mind. These posts were immediately brought to the attention of our principal who even called the gentlemen who made the comments down to her office. It seems quite unfair how someone who was only stating his mind in an argument can get disciplined for doing so. People nowadays are so sensitive to everything we do as a result of growing up in a sheltered environment like this one. The genders became so polarized throughout the school that people would be getting in arguments about gender everyday. It got to the point where guys would even argue that cheerleading isn't a sport just to rile up the girls even more. This led to hatred and would create a barrier between the two sexes that nobody was prepared for.
Instead of creating more polarization by promoting one gender, we should be promoting equality and how both genders are able to do whatever they set their mind to. No one gender is superior to the other and we need to see this. We should take notice of certain things in society that do oppose one gender, however we need to see the other side of the argument as well and see that standards in society are created for both genders. There is still a standard of men to be looked at as the leader of the house and for the woman to be the stay at home mom to take care of the house and kids. This standard in general needs to be challenged and in order to create change, bring awareness to the bigger picture. Awareness to only one side, will only create for more tension between the genders. Being in this environment really opened my eyes to the effects of tension between two discourse communities and how everyday these communities clash. We need to be able to come together to recognize the differences and problems with each community and be able to get past them in order to solve collective action problems between the discourse communities.
Gender in an institution, such as a high school, facilitates power through the organization and creates tension, and discourse problems among members. According to Karen Lee Ashcraft's Gender, Discourse and Organization: Framing a Shifting Relationship, within David Grants The SAGE Handbook of Organizational Discourse, discourse is "an outcome or reflection of one's gender identity" where "discourse becomes a vehicle of self expression" (Grant 276). Communicating automatically establishes our gender and self expression without us even realizing it. This is completely natural and until we realize this, the tension between genders will never go away.
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
250-Word Critical Summary
Gender Discourse Communities
In Karen Lee Ashcraft's Gender, Discourse and Organization: Framing a Shifting Relationship, there are big differences between communication of genders. The way males communicate are very different with that of women mainly because of gender-role socialization. Women communicate while trying to build relationships and gaining emotional support. Men on the other hand see communicating as an instrumental activity using assertive language. All communities are gendered discourse communities where gender is always going to have its differences and tension. The male and female discourse communities provide tension in every day life. The fact that men hold more positions of higher power normally and also the fact that women are still trying to lessen the gap between them and men will always prove the tension we see throughout society. The radical idea that not only are individuals gendered, but institutions are as well, stems from early feminist critique of organization structure. The feminist community is a discourse community on its own that sheds lights on topics like this and are extremely radical in the way they do some things. They are big activists in the Women's rights movement and continue even today to move towards a more equalized and less gendered world. (pg. 278-283)
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=4esXbOk2-nEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=gender+discourse+communities&ots=zqTv69z48M&sig=9VHwfbIXCJ507KNtP9YC1IQv8gg#v=onepage&q=gender%20discourse%20communities&f=false
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Practice of The Method on my Artifact
One word I noticed that repeats is tension when talking about my hometown discourse community. There is a lot of tension between the two sides of our divided town. Also the strand of words I see is divided town, and tear people apart. These strands connect logic with each other as the word divided next to the word town shows a separation of people within the same town as well as when you read tear people apart. A binary I saw is how I talk about us being apart of the same community and together as one, yet we are still divided. It is so hard to be together and divided at the same time which causes for a whole lot of tension.
However the one word of repetition that trumps them all is the word tension. Everything that is done within the town always creates tension because we don't associate ourself with the other side of town, yet in public settings we might be forced to. There is always an awkward tension with seeing people who live on the other side town that I used to be really close with and for some reason theres a wall put up between us.
An anomaly that I see being prevalent is the fact that these enemies I describe, are presented as people who live in the same town as me. This automatically seems not to fit because there is no way that an entire group of people within the same town as me are all enemies and all have this tension. It truly is a concept straight out of West Side Story.
However the one word of repetition that trumps them all is the word tension. Everything that is done within the town always creates tension because we don't associate ourself with the other side of town, yet in public settings we might be forced to. There is always an awkward tension with seeing people who live on the other side town that I used to be really close with and for some reason theres a wall put up between us.
An anomaly that I see being prevalent is the fact that these enemies I describe, are presented as people who live in the same town as me. This automatically seems not to fit because there is no way that an entire group of people within the same town as me are all enemies and all have this tension. It truly is a concept straight out of West Side Story.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
500 Words on Discourse Community Artiifacts
Discourse Communities and Tension
I am currently apart of three main discourse communities. I am apart of my family, my hometown Wayne, New Jersey, and also the Syracuse University community as a whole. The first artifact I had brought in is a flyer from my hometown to sell t-shirts for the high school football game between our in-town rivals. This alone created so much tension between people within our own town. There would be many disputes, fights, vandalism, and pointless hate toward the opposing valley side of town. And every year we had a chance to prove ourselves better than them, which we did more times than we didn't. However, a coach even lost his job because football players got in a fight with some other kids from the valley side of town. It's amazing how a town could be so divided even though we are all apart of the same community, these two high schools have created two completely separate communities on their own. All of the kids I used to be friends with because of the team I played on with them in 8th grade became distant friends and some even enemies as we now were looked at differently. It is very strange to me that these people that I could be friends with for so long, suddenly I would never see again just because of the high school we were in. And the weird part is that we live in the same town. It's a shame how a high school can tear people apart.
The next artifact I would want to bring in is one from Syracuse University. This hat symbolizes a togetherness that the entire Syracuse community makes me feel apart of every day. Even when I wear the hat and am at my hometown, I will get many comments of people passing by that tell me their experience with the University and of any people they know there. Its amazing how being apart of such a broad community brings people together. However, even in such a tightly knit community, there is still tension between people. Especially as a freshman, meeting people can be an awkward experience as well as disagreeing with others in a classroom discussion. This just comes along with everyone being from different communities in their hometown, and how everyone was raised differently. Everyone is naturally going to have different opinions and this can be a cause of tension within the discourse community.
The third and final artifact I had brought in is a picture of my family. This discourse community might have its daily disputes of who is using too much cellular data on our plan or of who ate all the leftovers, but when it comes down to it, we all do things to help each other out and we do it out of love. There is always tension between family members, but overcoming that tension is what will ultimately pull the family closer together and help them make decisions together. My family is one of the strongest discourse communities I am apart of and I will do anything for them. They are the reasons for the way in which I act every day and they are the reasons why I might cause tension with others in my other discourse communities. However, I wouldn't trade them in for anybody else and am glad of the person I am today because of them.
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