This was a reflection to reflect thus far and take one objective from the syllabus and reflect on how I improved in that area The selected objective was "Improve at working with others during the writing process (sharing ideas, giving feedback, etc)".

This was a reflection based on two essays written by James Baldwin and John Shively, Baldwin's written in 1966, and Shively's written in 2020 as a response to Baldwin's. This answered the following questions: 1. What cultural information does the article include? 2. What kind of questions might a fieldworker ask to further uncover the culture the article describes? 3. What other sources of information might a fieldworker use to penetrate the insider perspective? 4. What comment do you have about the passage of time between the two readings? 5. What next steps do Baldwin and Shively offer, if any? What next steps would you add?

This was a reflection based on the reading "We Kissed the Tomato and The Sky" by Dana Wehle, answering the following questions: What elements of fieldworking do you find in Wehle’s essay? For what purposes does she use them? Which of Wehle’s strategies / approaches to composing her observations might you use in your field observation work?

This was a reflection based on the reading "Mama Day" by Gloria Naylor, answering the following questions: 1. What other books or movies does this excerpt remind you of? In what ways? 2. How would you describe Naylor’s writing style? 3. What stood out for you in the story? In the writing? In your second reading, what did you discover that you missed the first time? 4. What ideas about culture and or ethnography have you noted?