Throughout this semester, I have spent many hours researching and interviewing so that I could accumulate the information that I wanted to use for my project. I tried to maintain a balance of praise and criticism while research so that I could maintain an unbiased perspective, and then make a conclusion from it all with the confidence that I had used all my researched information sincerely. I already knew of the general information that I drew upon, however when I put them all together for my autoethnography, I was a able to see the bigger picture. By using, American immigration, diversity, and suppression, and then the personal opinions from U.S. dual and tri citizens, I learnt from a large bundle of information which in turn me accumulate wisdom. I previously knew about all this information separately, but I learnt much more about them when I put them together into a coherent thought process.
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More often than not, these kind of class projects tend to be ignored once they've been graded for a class. I personally believe that my autoethnography has a little more to it because while it does get me my grade, it also has the potential to teach anyone a little about the U.S.'s immigration and suppression history as well as displaying the opinions of U.S. dual/tri citizens. It provides not only fact-based opinion, but also gives a personal touch as the interviewees can give their thoughts about the U.S. from local and foreign perspectives. So as a result, my autoethnography will be able to teach readers about the general beauties and issues that are ingrained within American history.
I seldom write blogs. It usually isn't my cup of tea because it too directly reveals what I believe and I am often worried about this since most people who read about my autoethnography will go in with a stone-set opinion. Maybe they might think my writing is too soft on US suppression, or they might say that I missed out vital information. I therefore usually prefer to write poetry because I am able to disguise my opinion into abstract thoughts. As a result, my writing is also short-winded so blogging isn't necessarily my forté for when it comes to explaining things in good length. Nevertheless, I can slowly learn to apply this new style of writing and efficiently use it for my blogging and for my autoethnography.
The following points are set in an order that I feel would best answer my project question about whether dual citizens at Emory "feel at home". They look a broad perspectives and backgrounds about immigrants and diversity in America and then zoom-in to specific opinions of Emory's dual and tri citizens:
1. America's brief creation history and its immigration. 2. American diversity propaganda. 3. Cultural sectors in communities. eg. New York City (New York) and New Canaan (Connecticut). 4. Suppression groups. eg. KKK, Japanese internment, Native American massacre. 5. Emory student interviewees write-up (unique opinions), summary (overlaping opinions). 6. American expectation (propaganda) vs. what interviewees see it to be. This page will answer the research question. This structure may change depending on what information I am able to attain. Stakeholders are the people who are usually pulled into an issue when they are directly involved in it - when they hold a stake in it. This could mean that either the content is about them, or the content may simply interest them. As my autoethnography is directed at dual citizens, they are obviously going to be stakeholders. American citizens without passports from outside the U.S. can also be considered stakeholders since they may be interested in reading about what dual citizens think about their country from a foreign perspective.
Interview Ideas.
I will be looking at specific people who hold the U.S. Passport as well as passports from other countries to learn of how they grew up and how they feel about the U.S. For now I have about three interviewees on my floor who hold two or more passports. From them I can learn of their experiences. The questions:
C. What is your religion? 3. A. Where have you grown up? Outside or inside the US? B. Where were you born? 4. If you have lived in the US, what differentiates your culture with the typical multicultural one of the US? Please try to mention at least 3 points. 5. What ideologies differ or are similar to the US culture, good or bas? 6. Negative aspects of the Us from your non-US country’s perspective. 7. Positive aspects of the Us from your non-US country’s perspective. 8. Is the US your ‘home’? 9. If yes, what makes this so? Please make at least three points an elaborate if possible. (e.g. Were you born there? Have you lived there for a long time? Patriotic? Has it taken you in?) 10. If no, what makes this so? Please make at least three points an elaborate if possible. (e.g. you moved in recently and grew up elsewhere? Your culture is too different or not welcomes enough?) An info-graphic is usually a large poster-like feature commonly used to convey a lot more information in a more simplified way. It heavily uses visual aesthetics and organisation/structure to help bring across its information in a concise fashion. Organisation is somewhat important as the info-graphic cannot be to cluttered and it can’t be too wordy as it may become daunting for the reader. The info-graphic, in a basic sense, must be fun to look at while also giving information to the reader so that they will learn something.
My Info-graphic: Topic: U.S. Dual Citizens. Content: Organised in a way that shows ‘How to obtain a U.S. Passport’ or the Naturalisation process. It can be in a step-by-step way. Audience: Those interested in learning about how one becomes a U.S. Dual Citizen. Writer/Designer’s content consists largely of information that I am aware of but have never really put into a linear thinking process. The idea that brings along a multimodal auto-ethnography has originally been. The chapter mentions the use of visual, linguistic, spatial, gestural, and aural parts of a blog which all have their strengths and weaknesses in relation to ‘easiness of reading’ for the readers. These modes, if used properly, should help capture the reader’s attention and should keep them intrigued throughout the whole blog. I would personally say that I would be looking more at maintaining visual, linguistic, and spatial components at a higher standard since the blog is most likely going to be read.
In the Carroll book, Chapter 2, the content revolves around the concept of physical, traditional, and digital publications and writings. It also concentrated on timelessness, credibility, transparency, and accessibility. In my writing, when mentioning specifics, I will look to follow certain rules within that should keep my blogs at a higher standard:
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