FIrst Field Site

On Thursday I attended my field site where I was to observe sororities. I didn’t have to go far to spot some on the campus on GSU especially not at noon on Thursday since that was one of the “plaza” days for the Greek organizations. As the DJ was playing music and everybody was in the Unity Plaza socializing, some of the sororities started strolling. Strolling is a combination of stepping and dancing, but it’s done in a uniform line. Different Sororities have different have their different styles as far as the strolls. Some have the stereotype of being more aggressive, and therefore it shows in their strolls with the hard steps while others try portraying the class looks and their strolls are lot calmer.
Member of this subculture didn’t interact with members of a different sorority; rather they stayed within the boundaries of their own. It’s as if they all hold a personal grudge against other members of the NPHC sororities excluding the members that have the same membership in the organizations as they do. There wasn’t any terminology used that I didn’t not previously know before I visited my field site. The opportunity did not come up where I was able to talk to any member of any sorority because everybody had class right after the festivities.
I had mixed feelings about this field site. It did show a side of the sororities and how the react in a social setting. There is however, many more sides of a sorority they I could not observe within that public setting, but hopefully I find out more about NPHC Sororities in on my next observation.