In Class Questions, Page 306

1. In the scene of my ethnography I am on the edge of being an outsider and an insider. When I have done interviews with my informants I understand what they are saying. When speaking with an outsider I understand the stereotypes because I as well believe some of them. When speaking with an insider I understand because I have been a part of many youth groups.

2. I don't think that anything said really influences any fixed positions as it does subjective positions. The way someone looks at something can be somewhat changed after hearing opinions of others, testimonies, becoming a part of the scene, and supporting evidence in research. Between me and my informant, our relationship is very close to equal; neither one has much more power than the other. The only more power my informant may have is when talking about being completely submerged in the religious culture on campus, because I am only involved at times.

3. When I speak to a lot of my informants they are very confident in their responses, their opinions, beliefs, and just the general way they are speaking about the topic. Their voices are very powerful and almost in a persuasive tone hoping to reel me into their beliefs. The only gap I do see at times is the fact that some informants are very closed-minded, not willing to look at any other perspective and try to understand.