A. Use the info you found in your initial literature review to spark a specific question you want to study about your community. You may wish to consider questions about the group’s identity, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, rules, norms, history, stereotypes…etc
Example: Through my research I found that tattoos are common for members of the roller derby community. I want to find out why, and how tattoos and other aesthetic notions of the body inform the identity of members both personally and as a community
B. Watch a short video below which covers:
View video below to learn more about the type of data collection method you may want to choose for your project: surveys, interviews, observations
Suggested ways to search for sources and conversations from people within the deviant communities themselves:
1. Go to google.com
2. Type in the name of your community and one of the search words below. You may have to try several different searches:
examples:
roller derby blogs
roller derby chat rooms
roller skating forums
3. Also try searching for groups in https://www.facebook.com/groups/