I have not really been reading the news paper here which is probably bad…I have picked it up a few times in C.C.’s or around and mostly it seems they are focusing on local elections and recovery project….there is also a lot of death. I am not sure at this point if the newspaper will have any effect on my final project.
As of now, my plans for my final project include incorporating the progression of my blogs, our tours, and pictures I have taken. There were many times I would be talking with local New Orleanians and wished I had a way to record them in some way. Looking back, however, I think that I remember all of the conversations pretty well and that the people probably spoke more freely without the pressure of being recorded. I think for my final project I will sit down with my computer and just record myself talking ad see what comes from that. Everything I have learned in this city has come from discover from local people or going out on our own. Despite the bad notions of Bourbon street I have learned a lot from being there as well as going around New Orleans on Sundays. Sundays are the days for families and locals to be out and about getting things done or enjoying their city without the throngs of tourists and party goers. So I think I will just focus on what has been discovered…because that is all I have.
Hi Meg,
ReplyDeleteThe paper features articles and essays on everyday New Orleanians as well (the inside page of Friday's "Lagniappe" always features a local art celebrity or musician, for instance.) I encourage you to spend a few minutes perusing the newsprint, and to map out your final project before you begin recording. Not a script per se, but a rough sketch outline or rhetorical roadmap--this tool will help amplify the quality of your reflections.
DB