give back?

To be honest i don't feel like i can or am giving anything back to the subculture? All i am doing is learning more about a culture. I must not understand this question, but i just feel like I'm not really giving anything back I'm just learning about the people of the culture.

survey

http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=o04d5rqeuhe3q22550091

box-18

My focal point of my research are the neo-hippies. Neo-hippies are the children and grandchildren of the "original hippies." I feel that this influences me in a way that i am sorta of a neo-hippie, but not to the extent of most. My father was very big into the lifestyle as he grew up, and his influence and view points effect me in a way that i kind of follow in his footsteps. I feel i do live my life as a free spirit, and music does have a big impact on my life. I follow the view that he lived by and still lives by about our government, and society. We have views that i don't really need to get into on this assignment haha. There are some things that would take me out of the neo category, such as i'm not into the drugs or the new age events as much as most. Though i still feel that I fit the script. I feel that i do have a good connection with this culture, and that is why i chose this topic

post 7

In the first article i read it was title "The Hippie Movement". The basis of it was just explaining the meaning of free spirit, and just what hippies live by. Music is a huge party of what they love and believe in. Something new to me in this article were something called "Yippies." They were a parody of a political party. It started when 61 people were protesting at Grand Central Station. They were lead my Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. At a war protest at the Pentagon they were actually trying to levitate it. haha weird i know... They were going to protest the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and nominate their own candidate. The candidate name was Lyndon Pigasus Pig. HE was an actual pig. The day the pig was nominated Rubin and six others were arrested. This article really just shows how anti establishment they really were. It was a bit ridiculous,but i guess they got there point across.

When writing my paper i feel like the "yippies" will play a pretty big role in the early years of my culture. With the start of their own political party, and nominating a pig to run just shows how anit-government they were and still are. I will write bout how they got stated and what impact they had on the movement.

Wikipedia.org.2007.16 February 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hippie_movement#Yippies



The next one i read was from the same page, but this one was over "Neo-Hippies." Neo-Hippies are sons and daughters and grandchildren of original hippies. It says that drugs are still apart of it, but Neos don't make it an everyday event. they resort to much safer methods such as drumming circles, community singing, meditation, yoga and dance. They often refer to themselves as "rainbows" sports tie dye clothes. A big part of their lifestyle is their moto which is Peace, love, harmony, freedom, and community. I feel like this is were many of the people i have interviewed fall into this category.

With the neo-hippies, i feel that this is a HUGE part of my research and paper. Anything you see to do with this culture now a days most have neo-hippies running them. the younger generation also has a lot of the same traits and what not, and i will be pointing them out in my paper. This will be a huge part of my research.


Wikipedia.org.2007.16 February 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_hippie_movement#Neo-hippies

post 6

Okay so as This project goes on i find it is getting easier and easier to do my interviews and research. I plan on going back to my home town to talk to a group of "hippys" that have weekly rituals i guess one would call it. Just to see how after all these years they keep there traditions and what not strong. I do have a lot of questions still unanswered. For you I don't have much to ask. Really only what i have missed because of the events that have been going on in my family. I have missed three classes so i need to make an appointment with you to catch up if will allow it.

The cage

When I get out of my car in the gravel parking lot to the Cage I See 20 or 30 people running three full court games of basketball. there are also old men playing house shoes to my left. As a walk up to the courts i see a creek running by me to my right and roads with many cars on all other sides. There is a beautiful park just left of the creek.

As i look over into the park there are people just enjoying their day, walking dogs swinging, or just spending time with their loved ones. The is the public swimming pool at which i work at directly behind me, its my day off. Their are tons of people at the pool just enjoying the summer weather. When i get to the courts there are three full and two half courts painted with white lines. Across the road is "The South Pole" there are a few families enjoying meats under the summer sun.

dogtown

i feel like this was a work of entertainment in a way that they brought out the sport of skateboarding, and showed the ups and downs of what went on with there lives. The interviews r conducted with the insiders of the dogtown and z boys. They were the riders, and that is really helpful. yes they move the story along and they really help with the subculture. Some of the rituals were that they would surf there spots and on one else would be able to or they would get shit thrown at them. it is a documentary, and it really helps out the understanding of the subculture. There were a lot of facts and jus stories that i had no idea where accurate that this really helped with. i really have never thought to much about this subculture and the stereotypes so i really don't know.

post 4

Getting in touch with the hippie culture, and getting to know what it is about was a big change in pace for me. What I have learned is that hippies don’t take life to seriously. Hippies are free spirits, and just go with the flow. There have been many impacts on the hippie culture. The Beatles were one huge impact on the culture. Music revolutionized the hippie culture; music is basically what it is built on. As an outsider and an insider I see both sides of the culture. With my father and two of my good friends being a part of this culture at one point I feel like I had a good look into what is going on with the culture old and present.

Freedom
Youth
Good School systems
Upper-middle class
College Education
American Citizen
less hardships
No bills... yet
brotherhood
great family

The fact that i am young will help me relate to the younger age of the hippie culture, and the fact that i have so many resources will help out a lot as well. Maybe some from this culture didn't have a good education, or didn't come from upper class families. SO i can see how the other half lives. I will only be researching the American hippie culture so being an American citizen will help greatly.