Why are interviews important for understanding underground roller-skating? Identify your categories of informants. What type of underground roller-skaters would you like to interview? Please provide six questions that will help you to understand their interest in underground roller-skating, the significance and meaning of roller-skating for them, and their personal experiences. Identify an additional interviewee (non-skater). Please providetwo questions that you would like to ask this person. Field Observation: o Why is field observation important for understanding this topic? o Identify two possible field observation sites. o Why types of behaviors would you like to observe? Be precise. Don’t just list roller- skating. Thinking about Data Analysis: Of course, you have not yet conducted the study so you are unable to discuss your findings. However, you should now be thinking about how you can present your findings in different formats to reach specific audiences. The challenge of the project is determining how you can best present the vibrancy of performances and the complexity of this subculture. Beyond Sociology, what disciplines would be interested in your research? Name three disciplines. What kind of images would you use in your project to illustrate the meaning of underground roller- skating? Identify the images and how they might reveal topics introduced in your literature review section, interviews or field research. To jumpstart your ideas, examine the images used in article.
