I have chosen the key-word Ballroom Culture.
DEFINITION: I think it means: a queer sub-culture that can be pinpointed in time at the start of concern and growth queer liberation ideologies and has grown in influence throughout time, developing a plethora of cultural phenomena both within and outside of queer spaces, and comprised of Black and Brown trans and/or queer individuals.
PURPOSE: I intend to create an informative podcast. An example of this format is a radio talk show segment, and some of the generic conventions of this format are briefness in introduction, fast-paced information, quickness in speech, sense of casualty.
CONTENT: I intend to talk about my key-word in relation to queer entertainment forms (a brief case-study) and interaction with pop culture through social media conventions.
COURSE THEMATIC: I think that my key concept intersects/overlaps with class in these ways:
Queer theory and ideology
The development and adoption of words/phrases in different spaces
Interlap between queer and non-queer culture
QUESTIONS: I am struggling with/ cannot seem to figure out/ do not know how to approach how to make such a broad topic with intricate and complex ideas/situations so brief and short. I would like more clarification on how to effectively summarize large information. I need support with resources with digestible and easy-to-quote information on the topic.
SOURCES: I have decided to use the following five sources, because: they provide quick and easy information which I feel is important in podcast episode development
Source 1: Paris is Burning, Jenni Livingston
Source 2: “How 19th-Century Drag Balls Evolved into House Balls, Birthplace of Voguing.” Thaddeus Morgan, https://www.history.com/news/drag-balls-house-ballroom-voguing
Source 3: “The Language of Ballroom.” Chloe O. Davis. https://glreview.org/the-language-of-ballroom/
Source 4: “Underground Ball Culture.” https://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/underground-ball-culture/ Grinnell College.
Source 5: The Queen (1968)