Week 3

I've done a little bit of research for my culture, considering I've come to a conclusion on which culture I'm doing for sure. Since I'm doing the Wicca culture, I must find people who practice the religion. My topic was for sure until I start browsing the internet for my other topic, Legends. Upon finding Wicca I figured, it would more in depth if I did it. At this time I have not spoken to interviewers. I have a few in mind. I'll have to contact them via email to find a time. I'll probably ask them how they go into it and if they enjoy it. Not everyone is born into Wicca. Some stumble across it and find that they like it more then anything else they've tried. I haven't visited my cultural site because it's a Wicca altar that people can set up in their house. They don't have churches like Christians do. That's probably a question I would ask; why do they not have churches? In doing research I haven't found any Wicca churches. I've done research here and there but I haven't gone to the library. I have a feeling most of my research will be from the internet.

I think there is a difference between academic and non-academic research. Academic research means you're looking into things for school to do a project or a paper. Some even write books and share their knowledge for the world to know; like archaeologists. Research that is non-academic is the research people do to help themselves or find out more about something they like. I feel like academic is more for school while non-academic is researching just because you like it. No book or paper or conference meeting is going to come out of it. A person is simply going to learn it and remember it because he wants to.