Bring in your double-entry fieldnotes from a thirty-minute observation at your nonprofit site for an in-class activity on Monday.

Continue reading Ch. 2 in Fieldworking pp. 101-115.

Read Ch. 1 & 2 in the The Bedford Researcher (if you didn't already, section 013) . Using Chapter 2 in The Bedford Researcher as your guide, continue exploring topics/ issues related to your subculture by engaging in the following: discussing your topic with others, observing, reviewing sources, browsing newsstands and bookstores (a good excuse to hit up Barnes & Noble) and web searching. At this point you are trying to identify conversations about issues so that you can select and narrow your focus to create a research question.