6/29 Post

I want to reach out to park visitors, the community of the Highlands, friends and family
My audience’s background is important, mainly their life experiences. Both my mom and dad grew up around the Highlands and went to many parks when they were younger. My friends also enjoy going to parks to hang out as I do. Everyone in my life has some sort of connection to a park. The community of the Highlands is a very active community in my eyes. I work in the Highlands and see many people out exercising on the sidewalks. My paper would potentially affect their exercising because they might have been unaware of the trails in Cherokee Park or else just need another reminder to get them out there. Park visitors are already visiting parks and they would most likely be interested in my writing.
They care about environment and the outdoors. Environment is important along with nature. If I am going to be writing about cleaning up liter along trails, they will draw interest to this. They like walking in parks or trying new things. Whether they have never been on a trail in Cherokee park or have before my writing will explain both its beauty and importance in society. It will tie this in with the proposal of raising awareness of the liter that is found alongside these trails. My audience uses the park so they should find an interest.
My writing is for anyone that is able to get outside.
My piece is a pretty laid back issue as far as politics. My family and friends will appreciate the issue I discuss. A harder crowd may be found in the community of the highlands. However, most of the people in the highlands that I know personally are very friendly and care about their community greatly. They seem to like a clean environment judging by the neighborhoods they live in. In my opinion they will have an easy time reading and caring for the words that I want to share.

HW Post

Audience and genre are both crucial pieces that make up a paper. Your audience is who will be critiquing or evaluating you. The genre will either help or damage your audiences thoughts and opinions of your work. Our blackboard reading discusses the importance of the correlation by stating, "...even your choice of genre(memo,essay,email,note,speech)-are all influenced by
the audience you envision.(Page 5)" The audience that you are going to write to will need a specific genre of writing that will meet their needs for the particular paper they are reading. Determining what response you want the audience to have or simply what message you need to get across to the audience will help in determining a specific genre. An example of this connection is as follows. If I am writing to an unknown audience on an academic level, I will want to write in a formal manor to professional express my discoveries or positions. That way my audience will see more credibility in my work when they are reading my paper.

HW Reading Post "Church"

I think Church does a good job in stating why her audience cares. I would disagree if she left her topic in a broad sense, however, she narrows it down to the topic of the impact biodiversity has on medicine. Church explains that, "If we keep destroying the earth's biodiversity at the current rate, we may lose any opportunities to develop medicines we may need to survive. (Pg 16)" This statement narrows down her topic of the loss of biodiversity to the effect it will have on human medication. This will answer the questions that the audience has. They have a reason to care because the topic she narrows down has a direct correlation to medicine that could effect the audience's health. The audience now has a reason to care and be concerned with what Church is stating in her essay. Another good passage from Church's text is where she specifically talks about losing the tree that helps produce medicine to help fight breast cancer. This may draw on an audience member who has family or friends who has had this very common cancer. Thus they will care what Church has to say because it relates to them.

HW Post

Many people in our community as well as families and people who visit parks or enjoy the outdoors will care about my topic. I am discussing modern day importance of Cherokee Parks in a broader sense. I am going to argue for the proposal of better upkeep or for new trails to be established in Cherokee Park. It will effect people who already visit the park. It will also draw interests to people who would like to experience the nature that a trail in Cherokee Park has to offer. The park may draw more visitors because of this. My audience would not be limited to people who already attend parks. It could also include people who have wanted to go on a trail in a park but have not. New trails or better upkeep may be the last step that draws them in and makes them visit. The community near Cherokee Park (the Highlands) would be effected if the park were to see a significant increase in visitors.

HW Post

Holson conducted her research through interviews with people in the community where the movie was filmed. All of her research directed from the town festival that celebrated the film of Napolean Dynamite. The angle of her questions to the interviewees in my opinion was to express the small town atmosphere that the film was shot at. These no name people are now receiving publicity because of the success of the film. She correlates this evidence with other towns where films have been shot and expressing that the same effect occurred. The town has seen many tourist stopping by and wanting to get autographs from the actors who weren't even paid for their contribution. She talked to these locals because they were in the film. The dialogue expressed how they were small town people and total opposite of a movie star.

Many of the options seem to fit the angle of this piece in some sort of way. The one I find most appropriate would be B: to "Present the experiences and/or perspective of the individual". I say this because the interviews with people the author has seem to get out of them their perspective and experience on being in a movie. She includes text that supports that they think they are merely just small town people who have no intentions to star in a movie. Then they share their experiences of giving autographs and such to tourists. This shares their experience with Holson which she includes in her piece.

HW Post

1. What do you want to find out?
2. What is the primary goal of this oral history?

1. I want to find out the problems that Cherokee Park faces in maintaining its true values that it was built on.
2. My primary goal of this oral history is to find out more information on reasons Cherokee Park exists and problems that threaten it.

Reworded Questions:
1. What kind of emotions do you receive from spending time working in the park and exploring all that it has to offer?
2. What have you learned from visitors in the park that have called or talked to you?
3. What kind of efforts show that this park will be here in 100 years and why do you think that is?

Three People

Mimi Zinniel is the CEO of Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. He has great knowledge of Cherokee Park and its history as well as other people who would be able to help me with an oral history. I tried to find information on his background but there is not much on the internet.
Sarah Wolff is a volunteer and Parks Activity Leader for Cherokee Park. She would have a lot of information on the littering and volunteer work for other issues in the park. She has been a volunteer leader for many years and loves the park and what they have to offer. Online says that she thinks our parks are an important park of our community and future.
A third person I might try if all else fails would be a member of the Metro Parks Committee. I am not sure in particular which person I would speak to without calling and asking a few questions first. I think one of the first two people I have listed would be a great resource or pass me along to a better resource.