Ethnopoem

During class on Thursday we used our second formal interview to create an ethnopoem. By definition an ethnopoem, or ethnopoetic notation, is "a procedure for the analysis of transcripts in which a language researcher turns oral speech into poetic form" (Chiseri-Strater, Sunstein 416). Below is the ethnopoem I constructed from my interview with Komes Rozes, owner of Flo's Clam Shack.

Ethnopoem

 

Growing up

               my father had been in the restaurant business

               I admired his lifestyle

After several years

              Of negotiations

              Going to lose on the rules and regulations

We are fortunate

              To have a key group of employees

              We refer to them as the "A-team"

              Loyal

             Dedicated

I only consider myself a captain

             of the team

Customers

             gotta go to Flo's

New business

             this makes everybody happy as a clam!