{"id":208,"date":"2015-10-30T14:03:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T19:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/?p=208"},"modified":"2017-06-29T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:31:07","slug":"stefano-bloch-on-autobiography-as-data-and-methodological-asset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/2015\/10\/30\/stefano-bloch-on-autobiography-as-data-and-methodological-asset\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefano Bloch on Autobiography as Data and Methodological Asset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vivo.brown.edu\/display\/sebloch\">Stefano Bloch<\/a>. Stefano is an urban geographer specializing in social and spatial theory, cultural criminology, and subcultures. He is\u00a0currently a Presidential Diversity Fellow in Urban Studies at Brown University. Stefano joins us to reflect on his use\u00a0of personal autobiography as a source of data and methodological asset. In particular, he turns to his own experience as a member of the graffiti subculture when researching the destruction of the LA Olympic freeway murals by writers over the last 30 years. Stefano&#8217;s article on the subject titled &#8220;Why Grafitti Writers Write on Murals&#8221; is forthcoming in the\u00a0<i>International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So often I hear students say the same few things. One of which is, \u201cwell, I\u2019m from such a boring area and nothing happened there\u2014we were so monotonous in the way we lived our lives, I didn\u2019t do anything\u201d. And, I remind them, if what they mean by boring is the traditional suburban, homogeneous enclave in the middle of Connecticut, that is, in fact, a revolution in the way in which people have lived. You know, the family with two-parents, two-point-seven kids, the dog, and the attached garage is a rich source of data\u2026You need to de-familiarize your own upbringing. There is no such thing as boring.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u2013 Stefano Bloch \u2013\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_367\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-208-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC23_Bloch_Personal_History_as_Data.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC23_Bloch_Personal_History_as_Data.mp3\">http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC23_Bloch_Personal_History_as_Data.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC23_Bloch_Personal_History_as_Data.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/methods\/?powerpress_pinw=208-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GMAC23_Bloch_Personal_History_as_Data.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GMAC23_Bloch_Personal_History_as_Data.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, we talk with\u00a0Stefano Bloch. 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