Group Affect When You Are Alone

Abstract

When I began work on this project I was daunted by the scope. I had never written anything like this before in my life and had serious doubts about my ability to complete a project of this length. The anthropological work I had consumed up to that point had been dense in theory and research. It had been crafted thoughtfully and from a lot of experience. I felt like I had none of that. I didn't even know where to start. Then we read a piece called Worlding Refrains by Kathleen Stewart. It completely reshaped my view of what anthropological work could be. The way she was able to weave her hyper personalized narrative with larger anthropological issues gave me the inspiration I needed to complete this project. Without it, I'm not sure what I would've done. So in the vein of Kathleen Stewarts work I decided to write about a period of time that I have still not been able to get over in my own life. I hope you enjoy it.