Picture number 1*

 

sLOVEnians REPORT 

 

 

 

 

Group members:

• Klementina
• Leonida
• Lina
• Maruška
• Sandra

 

 

Distribution of roles:

Leader: Lina

Secretary: Sandra

Reporter: Leonida

Time-keepers: Klementina and Maruška

 

 

* Picture number 1 - Orehova potica; http://www.gorenje.si/imagelib/magnified/products/appliances/cooking/orehova_potica.jpg (accessed on 14 March, 2010)

* Picture number 2- The Anatomy Of The Emo, accessible on:

 

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/vox/media/emo.jpg  (accessed on 18 march 2010). 

Emos solving their identities

 

 

 

 

Picture number 2*

 

 

Definition: Important factor of developing the identitiy is subculture. Nowadays, emo subculture is very popular and is practiced mostly by highschool children. Their principles of exaggerated emotions, cause selfdestruction behaviour, pessimism and depression. As in other countires, such as United States and Scandinavian countires, the emo subculture has also spread in Slovenia.

 

 

 

GLOSSARY

 

alleviate - lajšati

dissociation - ločitev

impaired - poslabšan, oslabljen

perpetual -večen, stalen

perplexing - ki zmede, zapleten, kompliciran

self-mutilation - samopohabljenje

self-derogation - škodovanje samemu sebi

androcentrism - praksa, kjer je moški spol primaren

personal turmoil - osebna kriza

dejection - malodušnost

Emo - short for emotional

bisexuality - biseksualnost

inner self - notranji jaz

suicidal thought - samomorilna misel

emerge - nastati, pojaviti

 

 

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MINUTES OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PBL PROJECT

held on 11th March, 2010 at Činkole bar

 

Present: Klementina, Leonida, Lina, Maruška, Sandra

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

1. Discussion and selection of the topic
2. Title discussion
3. Formating definition of the problem
4. Any other business.

 

 

 

Item1:

Discussion: At the begining of the meeting we suggested possible topics: pathological narcissism, human mimicry, fake identities in the cyberspace and sexual identities on the basis of Anthony Giddens's book The transformation of intimacy. We discussed every topic but at the end did not decide for any of it since Leonida came up with the idea of subcultures, in greater detail of emos. We all agreed this topic was the most convenient as it was not as extensive as the others.

Decision: We decided to do our PBL project about emos because we are all interested in what emo subculture really is about. 

Item2

Discussion: We discussed what our (working) title would be.

Decision: We determined the title is going to be Emos solving their identities.

 

Item3:

Discussion: When we were defining the problem we focused on the principle 'background, problem, illustration'.

Decision: Maruška wrote the definition, other members corrected things that improved it.

Item4:

Discussion: We talked about how are we content with the roles in the group and about writing minutes.

Decision: We agreed Klementina will write the minutes of our first meeting and moreover agreed on finding literature concerning selected topic. We set the time and place of the next meeting.

Minutes taker: Klementina

Chair: Lina  

 

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 MINUTES OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE PBL PROJECT 

held on 17th March, 2010 at FDV library

 

Present: Klementina, Leonida, Lina, Maruška, Sandra

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

 

1. Selection of the literature
2. Research questions discussion
3. Any other business.

 

 

Item 1:

Discussion: At the beginning we were talking about which literature we could use. As our meeting was held at the library we have already found some literature at the time of the meeting. Of the found literature members of our group checked what would be suitable.

Decision:  We found some literature at the library and decided that we will find something more at home on our computers and then post it on wall.

 

 

 

 

Item 2:

Discussion: We were talking about our research question and about our working questions. On the basis of ten working questions we decided that each of us will be working on two of them.

Decision: Our research question and working questions are:

 

 

Research Question;

Critical presentation of Emo subculture in postmodern western society?

 

Working Questions;

1.  How do we sense postmodernism in western youth subcultures? (Leonida)
2.  Where can we look for EMO subculture origin (demographic facts)?(Lina)
3.  What kind of Music to they listen? (Sandra) 
4.  What is their unique Style? (hair, unisexual look, clothes, make-up, piercings, tattoos attitude)(Klementina)
5.  Which are their main Practices? (individual, collective, sexual)(Lina)
6.  How do they see or /Can we see any Meaning in mutilating the body? (Maruška)
7.  Which are the Points of identification and differences among youth subcultures? (such as common emotions, ideas, thoughts ...) (Maruška)
8.  What is the outcome/the prosperity of such Life style? (Are they Successfully growing up in our society? What kind of adults are they going to be?)(Sandra)
9.  

How does society detect Emos in Slovenia? (similarities and differences comparing with other western youngers)(Klementina)

 

 

 

Item 3:

Discussion: The group talked about what each member should do till the next meeting and when and where could we meet again.

Decision: We set the time and place of the next meeting, which was the following weekend via e-mail.

 

 

 

Minute’s taker: Sandra

Chair: Lina  

 

 

 

 

 

MINUTES OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE PBL PROJECT

held via e-mail from 25th March (Thursday) to 28th March (Sunday), 2010

 

Present: Klementina, Leonida, Lina, Maruška, Sandra

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

1. Distribution of tasks

2. Any other business.

 

 

 

Item 1:

Discussion: In first e-mails we discussed how will we distribute tasks. Group members  expressed their wishes about which working questions are they interested in.

Decision: On the basis of expressed wishes we distributed tasks as it can be seen above where the Working questions are written.

 

 

Item 2:

Discussion: E-mails contained discussion about report writing. We talked about when and where our next meeting could be.

Decision: We will set the time and place for the next meeting in following days when the members will know exactly when they have the time for it.

 

 

Minutes taker: Klementina

Chair: Lina

 

 

 

 

 

List of literature:

 

1. Anastasi, P. Aaron. 2005. Adolescent boys' use of emo music as their healing lament. Journal of Religion and Health Vol. 44, No. 3.

Accessible on: http://www.jstor.org/pss/27512872 (accessed 21 March 2010).

 

2. Bailey, Brian. 2005. Emo music and youth culture. Universe Rochester.

Accessible on: http://wber.monroe.edu/EmoECYC.pdf (accesed 25 March 2010)

 

3. Corsaro, William A. 1997. The sociology of childhood. Pine Forge Press. London, New Delhi. (page 184)

 

4. Debeljak Aleš, Stanković Peter, Tomc Gregor, Velikonja Mitja. 2002. Cooltura: Uvod v kulturne študije. Študentska založba. Ljubljana. (pg. 157 - 172)

 

5. Gračner Lucija, Videnšek Veronika, Jager Špela. 2009. Kako poznaš emo stil? Mladi za Celje. Celje.

Accessible on: http://www.knjiznica-celje.si/raziskovalne/4200904356.pdf (accessed 21 March 2010)

 

6. Hebdige, Dick. 2002. Subculture : the meaning of style. Routledge. London, New York.

 

7. Klonsky E. David, Muehlenkamp Jennifer J. 2007. Self-Injury: A Research Review for the Practitioner. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, Vol. 63(11), 1045–1056. Interscience.

Accessible on: http://www.brown.uk.com/selfinjury/klonsky.pdf (accessed 21 March 2010)

 

8. Moose, Ryan. 2009. Sells like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social Crisis. New York University.

 

9. Ryalls, Emily. 2007. An examination of the kids, music and style that form emo subculture. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Conference. Chicago, Illinois.

Accessible on: http://www.allacademic.com//meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/1/8/7/5/8/pages187580/p187580-1.php (accessed 21 March 2010)

 

10. Velikonja Mitja, Stanković Peter, Bulc, Gregor. 1999. Urbana plemena: Subkulture v Sloveniji v devetdestih. Študentska založba. Ljubljana. (pg. 14, 16, 17)

 

11. Wikipedia. Emo. Accessible on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo (accessed 21 March 2010) 

 

12. Zelko, Leon. 2009. Teorije družbene deviantnosti: emo subkultura. Ljubljana.

Accessible on: http://www.morfejork.com/socdelo/emo_deviantnost_leon.pdf (accessed 21 March 2010)

 

13. Hribernik, Jera. 2008. Emo. Mladostnikov način soočanja z življenjem: diplomsko delo. Ljubljana.

 

14. M.C. 2008. Subkultura čustvovanja ali emo generacija. Accessible on: http://www.siol.net/trendi/trendi_plus/2008/04/subkultura_custvovanja_ali_emo_generacija.aspx ( accessed 6 April 2010).

 

15. Emo bucket. Accessible on: http://www.emobucket.com/ (accessed 11 April 2010)

 

16. Phillips, Dom. 2008. Emo kids are under attack. Are they scapegoats or sinners? Accessible on: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4027574.ece (accessed 6 April 2010).