{"id":1466,"date":"2016-12-06T13:41:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2016-12-08T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:07:08","slug":"1466","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/global-elites\/2016\/12\/06\/1466\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection: The Process of Transcribing, Researching, and Realizing My Own Eliteness"},"content":{"rendered":"

To begin, I would like to say that my overall experience of being a part of this larger research project, while also creating our own paper for our own project, has been a very interesting and rewarding experience. Through working with a team to conduct an interview, transcribe the interview, and ultimately analyze that interview in the context of our larger focus on the reproduction of elites I learned a great deal about the process of research and also about myself in terms of my own eliteness.<\/p>\n

\"Unknown\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In terms of the interview process, I was in charge of transcribing the three interviews once they were conducted and recorded. Prior to the actual transcribing, everyone said it would take\u00a0between two and three times the length of the interview to transcribe the interview, to which I somewhat laughed, thinking I could OBVIOUSLY do it faster than that. Wrong. A solid 6 hours of my life was inevitably surrendered to typing out every \u201cumm,\u201d \u201clike,\u201d and \u201cuhh\u201d uttered in the two hours worth of interviews. And that excludes the time sacrificed to my poor attentional\u00a0skills spent checking snap chat, chatting to friends, and eating a snack whilst transcribing. Despite my inability to live up to my own expectations at being an efficient transcriber, I actually really enjoyed transcribing. It allowed me to listen in on the interview after the fact and really grasp the ideas Kostas was getting at in his answers and their connections to themes of privilege and social class we’ve discussed in class. The process of writing out the words I was hearing really committed Kostas\u2019 answers to mind, and made the process of writing the student case study much smoother and easier. So I guess what I\u2019m getting at is that the seemingly tedious time spent transcribing ultimately benefited my understanding of the interview, and thus deepened my understanding of it\u2019s connection to our broader research focus.<\/p>\n

\"Unknown-1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In terms of being a part of a larger research project, it made the subject material much more intriguing, since it was focused on a real life phenomenon that is extremely prevalent to our surroundings. Researching elites with the intention of analyzing the ways in which they contribute to the inequity definitely made me question my own intentions in attending such an elite institution. \u00a0We, as Colby students, embody and represent much of what we have looked at over the course of this semester, and that is not necessarily a good thing.\u00a0 Accepting this, coming to terms with the status that accompanies Colby, as well as thinking critically about the choices I made to get to Colby College has been a very self informative experience. \u00a0At various times throughout this process\u00a0I have felt as though everything I stand for is wrong; my complacency with the eliteness that I have strived for, up until now subconsciously, became a source of embarrassment at times. \u00a0Though it was distressing sometimes, this project opened my eyes to critically think about my role in all of this.<\/p>\n

\"200w\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Additionally, the relevance to real life and current issues of inequity led to a much more invested analysis of the interview. Previous research projects I have been apart of, mostly in the psychology department, are obviously interesting to me, but the topics are always self proposed and only for the purpose of a grade, tainting my natural curiosity on the subject matter. The fact that it is real and will be published was really motivating and made the research feel more worthwhile. Further, because it is an ongoing, much larger, research project meant that we had access to others work in different countries, but on the same material. This aspect was very helpful in guiding the direction of our focus and individual project.<\/p>\n\n

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