Jan 29th Response

I have chosen my cultural field site, and I have done a partial interview. My field site is McCollough Park, where there is an eighteen hole frisbee golf course. It is a large park, probably close to fifty acres, with a great deal of trees (this of course makes for a great game of frisbee golf)! There is a city street that divides the park in half, and I must be crossed in order to reach the furthest of the holes. This is a good cultural sight because one could easily sit in the shade of a large tree and observe close to the whole park. The only issue is that I have to wait until there is not a foot of snow on the ground! The advantage I have is that I spent a great deal of time at the park last semester when it was still warm. So, although I won't be able to visit it soon, I can already accurately describe it in the setting the one would see it during an afternoon game of frisbee golf. I have also gotten a chance to talk to one of the people I intend to interview. I have played frisbee golf with him before so I am already very familiar with the way that he plays and his attitude toward the game. I also and fortunate that I know him because now I dont have to bother with getting to know him and I can immediately get down to business with asking in depth questions about the game. Academic research to me involves research from books and already existing sources. This could include books, internet, magazines, news and so on. Non-acdemic revolves more around physically experiences what you are intending to research. This could include, for me, playing frisbee golf, purchasing and analyzing a golf disc, or even partaking in a competition to observe the players.