10/06/2023
Attending UWI was quiet a memorable experience, with many ups and downs. One of the most memorable was completing my thesis which I've decided to share with you. When I decided to study the topic of gangs using linguistics, my thought was that I just wanted to better understand the psyche of the 'gang element' within a particular community. I take so much pride in it, since it took a lot of research and involved going into some perilous areas alone as a young academic. I am grateful to the close friends I had at the time, that helped me gain direct one on one access to a particular gang element my respondents gave themselves in alias: Barbie, Kaiser Suzay, Ex-member, Mechanic, Stinger and Poison all of whom identified as Local Leaders or community leaders. All of whom entrusted me to conduct confidential one on one interviews with them, partially because they wanted their voices to be heard and also because they genuinely wanted me to produce a good thesis. Please feel free to explore my blood, sweat and tears research conduct in the Patna/ Blue basin community. What sort of attivities would make a respondent say:
Interviewer: Would you like to explain it more?
Barbie: [laughs]
Interviewer; Is your choice.
Barbie: No, not really? Ah doh wanna go into all de fine details but you know, yeah, dah was it basically...
or
gesture to me the interviewer to be very careful with my line of questioning and in some instance doh go dey.
Please note: These interviews and project was done solely by me therefore if you do decide to use from it for your own research, please reference my authentic work. ❤ Done between the period 2016-2017, completed on my birthday of 2017 :) At the end of thesis you will have access to my transcribed interviews, enjoy.
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