Field Study Proposal
Michael Doughty will spend a month immersing himself in the intersection between transgender narratives and how reading can change the way that people view the world. He will use this knowledge and experience to create a narrative that is designed to give the reader the experience of coming out as a transgender person and then transitioning.
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ABCs and 123s – weekly log and field notes
- E – Week 8 Log March 3, 2013 February 25th Seminar paper: 2 hours Reading: 4 hours Total: 6 hours Weekly total: 6 hours Texts: Reading and the Brain, Unoriginal Genius February 26th Seminar participation: 1 hour Editing: 4 hours Reading: .5 hour Total: 5.5 hours Weekly total: 11.5 hours February 27th Discussion ...
- E – Week 7 Log February 25, 2013 February 17th Seminar paper: 1 hour Research: 1 hour Reading: 4 hours Editing: 2 hours Total: 8 hours Weekly total: 8 hours Texts: Reading and the Brain, Unoriginal Genius February 18th Seminar participation: 1 hour Editing: 4 hours Meeting: 1 hour Total:6 hours Weekly total: ...
- E – Week 6 Log February 17, 2013 February 11th Seminar paper: 1 hour Research: 1 hour Reading: 4 hours Total: 6 hours Weekly total: 6 hours Texts: Reading and the Brain, Unoriginal Genius, Luna February 12th Seminar participation: 1 hours Writing: 11 hours Total: 12 Weekly total: 18 hours February 13th Discussion ...
- E – Week 5 Log February 10, 2013 Cumulative writing total January 21st – February 3rd 32 hours Master total hours: 32 February 4th Seminar paper: .5 hour Research: 1 hour Reading: 6 hours Total: 7.5 hours Weekly total: 7.5 hours Texts: Reading and the Brain, Unoriginal Genius, I ...
Bachelardian Reverie
- E – Reverie Week 8 February 27, 2013 History of the Stars Listen little one And the stars will speak Though the tales they tell Aren’t pretty or pleasing Earth’s history wasn’t always Quite so bathed in blood. But the stories of the stars Tell of ...
- E – Week 7 Reverie February 21, 2013 Waterfall, peaceful running water But as a scent Tight chest, pain, anxious Mom nagging, mom nagging Don’t pick that don’t touch that Hungry, can’t feed myself Chest pain, surgery drains Tired, so tired, watching the clock For my ...
- E – Reverie Week 6 February 13, 2013 Wo/man cannot live on bread alone And it is passion that drives me, Passion that fuels me. It is not my body That propels me up mountains, no. My body is an obstacle, hauled Huffing ...
- E – Bachelard Reverie Week 5 February 6, 2013 Opposites Aren’t really opposite. We oppose ourselves but are Ourselves, opposite selves All at once. Reverie is in This opposition, this contrast. Accepting two opposite ideas And letting them be, letting them Exist Side by side, overlapping, tumbling over. You ...
Poetry
- E – Final Presentation Poem When I write I Recreate the stars Giving them a rhythm Absent in the real world Life doesn’t flow but story flows. Still, the starts they are And here in this tiny world, Though I create it, I ...
- E – Week 8 Poetry Apparently I write well. This comes as something of a surprise Because I feel out of practice And I so seldom write what I like to read. But somehow I manage to capture People, struggle, emotion ...
- E – Week 7 Poetry If the pen is mightier than the sword Why do I feel so helpless? But my words are not alone I am fighting the words of others The writs and laws of culture “You’re worth ...
- E – Week 6 Poetry I pray while I write Or maybe writing is a prayer. I have hope for these words That they will make a difference I pray they will move a nation Move people, move hearts, move ...
- E – Week 5 Poetry Transition looks like courage (or stupidity, but aren’t those often the same) To people on the outside. But is a drowning man courageous For trying to swim? It’s not the noble courage That leads trans* people to ...
Poetry Observed
Your Journey Home Introduction
Poetry Observed
Holdrege Paper
Abstract: Every person has a conversation with culture. They take in ideas, ideologies, and contribute a piece of themselves in return. This paper is about my conversation with culture. It is about what literature thinks of transgender people and the rebuttal of my own experiences. It is the story of my story, how my narrative designed to give people the sensation of being trans* was born.
Novella
This is the story that was the goal of my project
Your Journey Home Through the Boyhood that Wasn’t