http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/32118 http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37935 Ho-Chunk Nighttime Guidelines This project documents some common Ho-Chunk nighttime guidelines of what they are, how they were told/learned, and if they are being passed on. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37908 Stereotyping: Midwestern Asian American Experiences Several respondents were interviewed about their experiences as Asian Americans growing up in the Midwest. They specifically talk about the stereotypes and prejudices they face, and also comment on the specific scenario when people ask them where they are from. This scenario normally entails a person asking another (generally non-Caucasian) where they are from with the intent of finding out their ethnic origins rather than the location they are from. The project focuses on the responses of Midwestern Asian Americans and how they deal with this scenario as well as other stereotypes that they have faced. The respondents were found by e-mailing various Asian American student organization e-mails and asking for volunteers to share their stories as Asian Americans. One interview was with a UW Alumni who identified as bi-racial Taiwanese-American, one interview was with another woman who identified as Taiwanese-Chinese-American, two were first generation Taiwanese American students UW-Madison students, and one was a graduate student in the UW Madison Counseling Psychology department who identified as Chinese-American originally from California. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37885 Coastie/Sconnie Divide This project seeks to explore and explain the divide among University of Wisconsin-Madison students. The divide is based on stereotypes that have emerged based on where people are from. People from the East and West Coasts of the U.S., for example New York and California, have been dubbed coasties and people who were born and raised In Wisconsin have been dubbed sconnies. This divide is prevalent throughout all aspects of college life and this documentary seeks to understand how and why this divide occurred and how it is fueled. The documentary mainly consists of interviews with self proclaimed coasties, sconnies and people working in the institutions that serve these people. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37876 UW Student Hockey Fans This project examines what one extremely devoted and knowledgeable student hockey fan at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Gabrielle, thinks and feels about student hockey fan traditions. There is a combination of footage of student hockey fan traditions, and Gabrielles interview about her personal feelings towards how these traditions are learned, and what they mean to the students. The interview with Gabrielle was conducted in her apartment with the use of a video camera. In the interview, she divulges her personal feelings about student hockey culture. Her opinions are highly valued because they are so detailed. She explains how the cheers and other antics of the student section add to her affiliation with the University of Wisconsin. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37842 Dressing Derby: Uniforms and Personae of the Mad Rollin' Dolls For the project, I focused on the participants of the Mad Rollin' Dolls Flat Track Roller Derby League. More specifically I documented the means through which players create an identity through the use of uniforms and costuming. I conducted interviews with individual skaters to ask them questions about the alternate personae created for the derby and how they use varying materials to construct their personal persona. I also gathered photographs and video footage of the women wearing their uniforms in action. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37827 The Folk Behavior of Ping Pong at Operation Fresh Start The tradition of ping pong play at a local non-profit, Operation Fresh Start, creates a social identity among its employees. Recording this ritual portrays the social function of play and games. This is specifically seen through through the ways employees challenge, battle and interact among themselves. In this non-profit setting, young adults challenge each other to a game in order to promote friendships. A potentially competitive act is a group building function. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37819 For Love of the Booze: A Look into the World of Drinking Games This project document drinking games played by students on a college campus. The student interviewed friends and peers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on how to play some drinking games and why they engaged in such activities. The student also videotaped these friends demonstrating how to play a few of the mentioned games. By gathering interviews and video footage, the student hoped to depict one aspect of student life on a college campus and understand why it is people partake in activities such as drinking games. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37796 Railroading Wisconsin This project documents a few of the stories of a Canadian Pacific railroader, Ken Goss. This movie compares and contrasts a small part of railroader history with a few contemporary stories. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37771 Woman Who Gathers Sticks This project documents the nature based art of Wisconsin artist, Lindy Wilson. The project includes an audio interview, still photographs and a 17 minute video. The video includes Lindy's own narrative relating to her family's heritage, her early childhood experiences with nature, her views, vision and beliefs relating to her art, and making rustic art. The video also includes numerous still images as well as live footage of her nature-based, rustic artworks. The audio interview focuses on Lindy's childhood background and her early experiences interfacing with art and nature, her careers as an artist, mother, and art teacher, the building of the "Stick House," and her personal vision that compelled her to become a rustic, nature-based artist. At the end of the audio interview, she talks about learning from author and rustic furniture maker, Dan Mack and her ongoing participation in the annual Woodlanders Gathering workshop in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, led by Mack. Most of the still photograph files are images of LIndy's artwork, all of which were photographed in and around her home. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37733 Commu-Knit-y: portrait of a knitting group in Madison, WI This project documents a meeting of a diverse group of knitters in Madison, Wisconsin. Members represent a variety of ages and backgrounds. The meeting illustrates the social interactions between members as well and the craft that they all participate in. Individual interviews a personal narration of their experience as knitters, and what the craft means to them. The video includes a gallery slideshow of several projects completed by members of the group. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37711 Madison Cover Band This project is a study of cover bands, specifically that of a certain musician David Lank who is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The topic is specifically important to University of Wisconsin-Madison students as his band(s) play at local bars around campus as well as Open Mic night at the Memorial Union. He performs cover music (that of other musicians) mostly of the Rock and Roll genre in the Madison area and has been doing so for his four years here on campus. My project consists of video of David and his band at bars and at the Memorial Union. It also includes audio and video interviews as well as some performances in front of the camera just for the project itself. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/37698 Spinning in 21st Century The objective of my project is to discover techniques used in DJing. Why one technique is chosen over another in certain situations. I wanted to find how these Disc Jockeys got into the profession and If they plan on doing it as a full time profession. I gathered multiple videos from different situations, including the club scene, practice in the DJs apartment. The interview was conducted with Zach at his apartment in Madison, WI. He answered questions about DJing as well as described the techniques he used in the video that was captured of him at work and while practicing.