Lay of the land response

Right from the start of this passage, I can already tell detail and adjectives are a big part of making a good ethnography. She begins by saying she is the only female in site during the men's league, which must have been awkward at first, but she was soon welcomed in. Observing anything without many people knowing could also be a bit odd at first. The positive thing about my project site is many of the people know me from when I previously worked there. As she observes the team, the overall game play becomes much easier to see. She states, " Each player bowls three sets with three balls in each set.  In his first and second set he is unable to knock down all the pins, but he clears all the pins on his third set.  When he finishes he goes back to sitting at a table next to me, behind the rest of his team." This specific quote gives the reader a sense of what is really going on in the bowling alley. 


Another observation was how the men were, their actions, and descriptions of a few of them. One of them is wearing a blue t-shirt that says bowling stones on it, which is very comical in my opinion. I had a similar idea for a dodge ball team in high school. We were called the Gut Busters, mostly because we accidentally hit people in the stomach. The next observation she had that was very interesting was when she talked to the owner, Hank. He played with the team that were probably in their 50's. He's the eldest there, and has many memories from the game. When I become that age, I hope to do the exact same thing. Have so many stories that I do not know what to do with all of them. 


Overall, these observations and details could really help when it comes to writing my paper. Seeing people in the bowling alley, and how they were interacting was very interesting to read about and I plan on doing the same thing when I visit Goretti's. Watching people come through the lines, the courtesy booth, and interacting within the aisles is where I plan on spending some of my time.