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pleasure working with you all
j xxxx
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
My contribution to the news report-not sure if it was downloaded just wanted to put it up here in case
Hey guys,
Bouncers Interview
First off I am very very sorry that I didn't put this on the blog! I used it straight to make the video last Thursday.
I discussed with a bouncer who I know well about the nature of the job. Kim explored about who gets in and who doesn't. Georgia spoke generally and found that Bouncers can be very secretive. My interview involved the profession and the exclusivity of Bouncers. I was told that European migration, with the bouncer being Jamaican, has changed the way the profession works as agencies can pay lower wages. This in turn makes bouncers who would like to protect look into other forms of work.
He also spoke that he cannot get angry with customers as of the racism and ridiculing against his background and language. Bouncers have to have very tough skins and in many places face discrimination for doing their job.
Also a short behavioral trait that he mentioned was that younger crowds are far more likely to listen than older crowd. This is to do with young people being molded around the new standards whereas the older generations have experienced different procedures.
If you would like a reference I can provide a phone number, but he would prefer to remain anonymous.
I discussed with a bouncer who I know well about the nature of the job. Kim explored about who gets in and who doesn't. Georgia spoke generally and found that Bouncers can be very secretive. My interview involved the profession and the exclusivity of Bouncers. I was told that European migration, with the bouncer being Jamaican, has changed the way the profession works as agencies can pay lower wages. This in turn makes bouncers who would like to protect look into other forms of work.
He also spoke that he cannot get angry with customers as of the racism and ridiculing against his background and language. Bouncers have to have very tough skins and in many places face discrimination for doing their job.
Also a short behavioral trait that he mentioned was that younger crowds are far more likely to listen than older crowd. This is to do with young people being molded around the new standards whereas the older generations have experienced different procedures.
If you would like a reference I can provide a phone number, but he would prefer to remain anonymous.
Monday, 3 April 2017
inner u
Hey
I realised I never
posted this to the blog…
This is my
experience of Inner U. Before going to the event I actually found myself quite
nervous, despite the rhetoric that this was an event in which everyone should
feel comfortable to be themselves in every possible way. I think the group,
myself included, overanalysed the importance of appearance at this particular
event, I was worried I wouldn’t look ‘different’ enough so decided I would just
dress how I normally would and forget about trying to make a statement with my
clothing. When we initially got there I found the vibe slightly unnerving, didn’t
know where to stand, how to dance what to do… I found myself more conscious of
the rules than in normal London clubs, worried I wouldn’t fit in or I would
look out of place. I ended up really enjoying the night in general and totally
relaxing, however in terms of the intervention I had a different experience.
When preparing for
the intervention, I was initially worried, like I said in the ‘transcript of
the intervention discussion’, that nobody would care what we were doing and we
would get either ignored or brushed off by people who just wanted to enjoy the
night. In the end, I found the exact opposite. As the group were setting up the
intervention I was approached by a man (let’s call him Sam) who was initially
very friendly, but when he asked if I was part of the ‘group over there’ who
were setting up the picnic, and I responded yes, his attitude changed
completely. He seemed practically furious about what we were doing there, he
picked apart our entire intervention and said that what we were doing was
disgusting and ruining not just the event but people like us were ruining
London. I was completely shocked at first and didn’t know quite what to say,
but then ended up going into a pretty deep conversation with him about his life
and struggles being himself accepted in nightlife and in life in general.
In preparing for
this, and looking at it only in terms of our group project, I feel we had
missed the point of this event all together. After speaking to Sam I came to
understand that this event was not just one to express who you are, and all
about inclusivity, it was actually for all the people who feel they are
outsiders, and that London nightlife is so exclusive that they are not
accepted. His view was that we came about this project completely the wrong way
(bearing in mind that I didn’t fully go into the rationale behind our project
and simply said we were looking at inclusivity and exclusivity in nightlife). In
his strongly worded opinion, our intervention was diminishing the people at
Inner U, and their struggles, to a university project. I explained to him that
we were not coming at this from a journalistic perspective, not trying to belittle
anyone or reduce the event or the people there to a narrow perspective of what
we thought this night meant. Me and Sam ended up getting along very well and
spent the rest of the night together. He maintained his view on what we were doing there as a group,
but after explaining more behind our rationale and that we were not trying to
offend anyone he understood more. He said that each person had an amazing story
of why they were there and if we had come to a number of Inner U events and got
to know the people we would have gained a much better experience and anecdotes
to use for our project, we came there as outsiders hoping to gain an insight,
however the real insight would have come if we became insiders.
Emile suggested
before the intervention that ‘I really don’t think it should be about us; we
are going to a place where people seek to be included. We have literally a pool
of people that have experience of what we are interested in; they know
boundaries from first-hand experience. Why are we looking to provoke people?’ I
think more concern and attention should have been given to this. I’m not
actually sure what was gained from the picnic intervention as its not on the
blog and I couldn’t make it to the group meetings last week but I thought it
was important to share my experience of Inner U, and the perspective I gained.
Sorry for the long post. X
emile open mic - my footage
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