Box 21 feedback

One thing I know I need to do is ask more questions that the informant can elaborate on. I think I did very well but I think could have asked some more closed questions like where are you from and how old are you. (even though I knew that information already but others did not.) I feel like I asked very good questions and this review helped me think of more questions I could have asked to learn more about the subculture.

verbal art

The verbal art for the throwers would be happiness and determination.
The culture revealed is how hard the girls work and the dedication they give to their interest of the sport. They are happy at all times because they know their trying their best to be the best and do the best they can.
It is important to me because I like when people show that hard work can pay off and the saying practice makes perfect. Its important to the group because they love the sport so much that it means alot to them to get notice for what they have practiced for so long. And to show boys that they arent the only ones strong at heart and mind. And its importan t to indiana because they are representing indiana when they go to meets and compete.

Questions for Interviewees

I am going to interview Lywanna Melvin and Emily.

1. What caught your interest on throwing
2. Whats your favorite weight to throw and why
3. whats the hardest part of throwing and why
4. what is your most memorable experience in throwing
5. Do you get along with your teammates
6. How Dangerous do you think the sports id and have you ever got injured or seen anybody get injured
7. What do you do special to get ready for practice or a meet
8. Are there ever any tension between players from different events about who does the best event
9. What are your feelings about how the media doesn't show professional throwing like they show all the other sports
10. Do you perfer a male or female coach and why
11. Can you name a time where you weren't notice for your hard work
12. Whats harder college or high school throwing and why
13. How long have you been throwing
14. What do you think makes up a great thrower and do you consider yourself a great thrower
15. Are competitive towards your teammates
16. Do you think practicing has helped you get any better
17. how often do you try to help your teammates im prove your technique
18. Is there anybody you look up to that motivates you to keep throwing
19. Do you think size matter in throwing (body type)
20. Do you think you can make a career out of the sport
21. Have you heard any stereotypes about girls who throw and if so what were they

practice interview

Sara Starkey is Caucasian with medium length brown hair and blue eyes. She's very straight forward and organized. She doesn't talks as much but she will get her point across. She lives in Dyer, Indiana and graduated from Lake Central High School. She has one older brother and he lives in Pittsburgh and she sees him like 4 - 5 times a year. In her spare time at home she would volunteer at her church by doing crafts or helping out with dinners. She loves to read and mentioned that she has so many books that she ran out of bookshelves in her room. On her graduation day her mother gave her two necklaces as gifts and she wears them everyday. She says her mother is her best friend.
She now attends Ball State University and she is majoring in History and Education. She wants to pursue a career as a librarian or a teacher. She went on a trip in 8th grade to museums and she was very intrigued so from then on she wanted to be an librarian. She takes 18 credit hours and she is involved in a group called Circle K, which is a volunteer group that helps raise money for causes. She has met 5 good friends here at Ball State.

ARTICLE SUMMARIES

Constantinou, Phoebe, Manson, Mara, Silverman, Stephen wrote "Female Students' Perceptions About Gender - Role Stereotypes and Their Influence on Attitude Toward Physical Education" in Spring 2009. The thesis is about how females are getting involved in more physical activity. The article explains how gender impairs people judgement about if they should involve themselves in sports. It mainly talks about 7th and 8th grade students in a suburban school. But you can relate this study to any age group. It talks about how female are far more competitive than males. "Gender is a socially constructed pattern behavior" It is hard to change social patterns and it will be different to change because each social and economic group is different. And it will be a hard process to change. The study showed that the safer the environment was the more the females would participate. I agree with this article because the girls in my subculture are very competitive but the sport that they chose to get involved in is dangerous. I could use this source to explain the importance of what it means to the girls to participate in throwing and how they work as hard as men and how all females don't like t play it safe.

Peter Donnelly of McMaster University and Kevin Young of University of Calgary wrote "The Construction and Confirmation of Identity in Sport Subcultures" in 1988. The thesis of the article states that the roles and identities of members of subcultures should not be thought of as static positions and entities. All subcultures are different and each of them have the own rules and regulations to follow and new recruitment have to go through the different task to become apart of the group. Many subcultures go through the different "career stages" such as presocialization which is all the information an individual acquires about a specific subculture prior to initial participation in the subculture. Selection and Recruitment which is a more flexible stage because it can be renewed if a new comer is geographically mobile and wants to maintain a membership. And at this stage new individuals can become apart of the subculture. Socialization is when an initially active but ongoing stage wherein members undergo training in the characteristics of the subculture. In this stage they learn to adopt the values and perspectives of the group. And the last stage is Acceptance and Ostracism is when the members of the subculture of your choice accepts everything about you and they learn your values and interest like you did with the first stage of the process. This article helped me understand more about how to approach my subculture and how to understand them more. I know that every individual is different but when they come together as a whole they share the same values and beliefs. And now I know that those are the aspects to construct a subculture and that's how they get along with one another. And although many subcultures are able to tolerate diversity, there are some critical aspects for which little tolerance is allowed.

Shelly A. McGrath of University of Alabama and Ruth A. Chananie-Hill of University of Northern Iowa wrote "Big Freaky Women": Normalizing Gender Transgression Through Bodybuilding. This article focuses on the aspect of female bodybuilding. The authors were trying to see if the way women are build have an affect on their everyday lives and are they perceived differently from the petite and girlie women. In the article the authors observed ten female bodybuilders to see how their appearance affects what goes on in their life. One of the builders was a woman named Carla she is mixed with African American and Ghanaian. And she said "My family gives me a hard time because of the increase in my muscularity and my dedication to the sport ". She has to consider her family values as well as her own beliefs and they contradict with one another because Americans do things different from her country. And another woman named Bev mentioned that her brothers would make fun of her body because of their Palestinian views regarding female gender roles. Most of the women continued to do bodybuilding even though it their cultural backgrounds don't agree with their decision. The article explains some of the stereotypes and biases that I had of my subculture. The girls don't participate in the sports because of how they look, they do it because they love to play it or their interest out weighs the opinions of outsiders.