Blog 14

Throughout my research I've found many helpful sources to assist me in understanding the employees at the Fossil store in Greenwood Park Mall. The academic sources, though helpful in understanding broad trends, were probably the least helpful. They couldn't describe anything inherently specific to my subculture. Since there wasn't a lot of  academic information about my subculture, the interviews seemed to be the most useful to me. Who better to learn about a subculture from than the people in the subculture? The interviewees gave me a lot of information to work with and answered my questions thoroughly. Almost everyone in the subculture agreed to answer my interview questions and help me with my assignment. Along with the interviews, the observations I made were also very helpful. There's only so much the informants could tell me about the behaviors in the store. It was easier to find what I was looking for if I watched, instead of asked. The interviews helped me understand the subcultures attitudes and beliefs while the observations helped me understand their behaviors.