Monday, January 31, 2011

Iowa 80

I agree with a lot of things that Rick does in his ethnographic study of the truck stop Iowa 80.  His conclusion intrigues me the most because he goes on to say how he himself does not know if he even find out everything there is to know about the truckers and the truck stop.  He asks himself if he had truly experienced the culture and community of the trucker world.  He still believes that through his research that he chose the best way to go about finding out about the truck stop.  I also found it interesting how he made it seem through out his whole essay that all of the interviews took place on one singular Friday night.  In the introduction it does explain that it takes place over numerous Friday nights.  I found myself asking why does he make it seem like it was all in one night?  I think it is because it helps the essay flow a lot better and does not force people to try and figure out which interview is which night and so on.

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