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As I was editing it, I noticed a number of flaws. For instance, there are several things I mispronounced there are some things I might have wanted to take out of it. But I maintain my RERO principle and I’m posting it as-is.

As this is the “enhanced podcast” version, with chapter markers, you can skip around as you please, between different sections. I should post MP3 files for the different sections but the official release will always be with the enhanced podcast.

My shownotes were in OmniOutliner. I cleaned them up a bit but it’s probably still obscure for anybody else…. 😉
Apart from the jingle (that I created with CCmixter content), I’ve used funky/blues impr. hungarian shepherds’ flute. 100bpm by furkosbot for tags.

Presentation
- Rapport: The Informal Ethnographer Podcast (RIEP)
- Inaugural Episode
- Hello all
- I’m Alex, your informal ethnographer
- welcome to the inaugural episode of rapport: the informal ethnographer podcast
- today
  - about me
  - ethnography
  - informality
  - and this podcast
Whoami
- An informal ethnographer with formal training in ethnographic disciplines
  - Informal
  - Casual
  - Happy-go-lucky
  - Friendly
  - Playful
  - Anti-snob
  - Nobody important
- A semi-nomadic French-speaking ethnographer from Montreal
  - Moved 22 times from December 2000 to April 2008
  - French-speaker from Montreal
    - Québécois and Swiss
    - Not WASP
- Generalist
  - creative generalist
Interests
- Informal
  - Coffee
    - Diversity
    - Homeroasting
    - Brewing methods
    - Growing
    - Cafés
  - Beer
    - Brewing
    - Experimentation
    - Craft beer culture
  - Music
  - Social media experience
- Formal
  - Semiotics
  - Language
  - Music
  - Mali
Training
- Informal
  - Learning by doing
  - Constructionism
  - Self-learning
  - DIY
  - University of the Streets Café
- Formal
  - College
    - Defending the Cegep System
  - University
    - As student
      - UdeM
      - IUB
    - As teacher
Experience
- Ethnographic experience
  - Informal
    - Keep observing
      - Bored at party
    - Food
      - Sharing
    - Geek culture
      - Beer geeks
      - Coffee
      - Tech geeks
    - Second-hand
      - Projects from students
  - Formal
    - Mali
      - Madou Diarra
    - Private-sector ethnography
    - Projects as student
- Social media experience
  - Mailing-lists
  - Blogs
  - Social networks
    - Facebook
  - Geek crowds
  - Microblogging
- Podcasting experience
  - Listening/watching
  - Observing
  - Course podcasts
  - Recordings
Motivations
- Fun
- Learn by doing
  - Participant-observation
- Own approach
- Connections
- Visibility
  - Approach
  - Myself
Ethnography
- Why ethnography?
  - Realization on ethnographic disciplines
  - Avoid four-fields anthropology
  - Allows for extension outside antropology
  - Became “freelance ethnographer”
- Defining ethnography
  - Descriptive approach to cultural diversity
  - Anthropology?
  - Method?
  - Qualitative
  - Participant-observation
Informality
- Casual
- Personal
- Modest
- Informal concepts
  - Bricolage
  - Tinker
  - Dabbling
  - Dilettante
  - Hacking
  - Amateur
  - Playfulness
    - Heady topics
    - Huizinga on serious and play
- Informal Podcast
  - Trying out
    - Link to participant-observation
  - Podcasting
    - Independence
    - Easy to make and distribute
    - Audience/niche
    - Lydon’s Open Source
    - Listen at will
- Lack of formal requirements
  - Genres
  - Not lecture
  - “Without footnotes”
  - Beyond narrative
- Informal language and tone
  - Sociolinguistics
  - Politeness
    - Call people by name
    - T/V
    - First name
    - Nickname
  - Proximity
  - Assumed rapport
  - Shared knowledge
  - Acronyms
Editorial policy
- Focus on ethnography
  - Perspective on ethnography
    - Approach
    - Diverse disciplines
    - Extends to ethnographic disciplines
- Themed
  - From practical to theoretical
  - Overlap
  - Topics
  - Themes
  - Revisit
- Not time-sensitive
  - Discuss news through blog
- Format
  - Variable
  - Won’t promise
- Features
  - Themes, topics, categories for episodes
  - Interviews
  - Feedback
  - Possible guest and/or co-hosts
- Blog
  - with shownotes
  - Other files
- Versions
  - MP3
  - Enhanced podcast
- Duration
  - Elastic time
  - Chapters
  - Snippets?
- Frequency (monthly)
  - Second Monday
  - On blog with shownotes
  - May post advance
    - May even stash up a few episodes
    - Maintain my official posting date
    - Other things on blog
Interaction
- Blog
- Email: alex@informalethnographer.com
- Identica/Twitter
Site
- Adding content
- Pseudo-FAQ
- Pages about courses

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RIEP1: Inaugural Episode (MP3)

May 11, 2009 alex Leave a comment

MP3 version of the inaugural episode of Rapport: The Informal Ethnographer Podcast.

Presentation, ethnography, informality, podcast format.

RIEP1: Inaugural Episode (MP3)

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RIEP0: Jingle

May 10, 2009 alex 1 Comment

Quick and dirty jingle for Rapport: The Informal Ethnographer Podcast.

Rapport: The Informal Ethnographer Podcast (Jingle)

My main idea was the “writing” part of ethnography. I mixed a few samples in reference to cultural diversity while trying not to be too exotic. I thought about adding some excerpts from my field recordings but since they were recorded for other purposes, I would need to get permission from people who have been recorded. In fact, I recorded some of the writing noises while listening to a field recording.

I also didn’t want to have speech I could recognize. I did use a sample of speech I don’t recognize and it has the desired effect. I don’t even know which language it is but it’d be funny if somebody were to tell me that some recognizable words are inappropriate.

The idea that the writing sounds are louder than the rest and the fact that they end the jingle are in line with some thinking about ethnography. Not that the ethnographer should dominate or that she has the last word. It’s just a matter of taking things from the ethnographer’s perspective. Somewhat introspective.

Made with GarageBand using the following samples from CCmixter:

Interesting language dialect by Morgantj.
Haram beat by Neurowaxx.
Throat Singing Kargyraa Long Drone in D by DrFox.
Sitar C Dorian 2 byDrFox.
kaval (rumanian folk-flute) – rubato improvization II by furkosbot.

All of these samples are licensed under Creative Commons 3.0, either as “Attribution” or as “Attribution Noncommercial.” I have no intention of going commercial with my podcast so I think it’s fitting.

I also used a preset “Applause and Laughter” track from within GarageBand, mostly as a way to refer to informality.

I’ll probably make another jingle at some point, but RERO is a motto of mine.

Yes, there is some background noise. Part of this is on purpose.

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Category Archives: podcasts

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