Analysis of an Ethnographic Study on “Pre-Gaming” Among University Students
Pre-gaming is an activity performed by young people before a social event. Other studies and the media paint this activity as harmful because they focus on the damage excessive drinking may bring. Understood as a social fact (Durkheim, 2001), pre-gaming should be studied more thoroughly. The a...
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Pre-gaming is an activity performed by young people before a social event. Other studies and the media paint this activity as harmful because they focus on the damage excessive drinking may bring. Understood as a social fact (Durkheim, 2001), pre-gaming should be studied more thoroughly.
The aim of this study was to verify if pre-gaming is a social fact, or simply an activity to consume alcohol excessively as suggested by other studies. In this regard was proposed to analyse pre-gaming activities documented by med-school freshmen as well as to investigate if excessive drinking truly is the core, or if other meanings and purposes are relevant. Recognize previously overlooked categories or differences.
Recordings of 100 med-school freshmen on pre-gaming were requested as an assignment for the Anthropological Medicine class. These were analyzed and reflected into a qualitative, cross-sectional descriptive study. The students were asked to perform participant observation and open interviews.
When evaluating the results, the field notes were critically analyzed by second order ethnography. Then key concepts and categories were identified, which allowed tto develop a matrix where categories adopted operational definitions in discourse. It was proven that alcohol is indeed a common mediator in all these events. However, many other youth-inherent categories appeared, such as: gender, class, belonging, games, illegal substances consumption, and peer relationships.
We interpret that pre-gaming is a “social fact”, in Durkheim’s terms: “Any way of acting, whether fixed or not, capable of exerting over the individual an external constraint [...]” (Durkheim, 2001 p51). Alcohol is a common mediator, but not core to the activity as other studies claim. There are several other important distinctions that come into play, for example: Gender and diverse corporealities, Socio-economic classes and all that brings, illegal substances, feeling of belonging and social inclusion. These are often overlooked and overshadowed by the health concern of alcohol consumption.
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I10-R10-article-257492019-11-11T21:18:27Z Analysis of an Ethnographic Study on “Pre-Gaming” Among University Students Análisis de un estudio etnográfico sobre “la previa” en estudiantes universitarios Vilchez, GH Brnich, N Trucchia, SM Alcohol Pre-gaming youth Belonging Alcohol jóvenes Previa Pertenencia Pre-gaming is an activity performed by young people before a social event. Other studies and the media paint this activity as harmful because they focus on the damage excessive drinking may bring. Understood as a social fact (Durkheim, 2001), pre-gaming should be studied more thoroughly. The aim of this study was to verify if pre-gaming is a social fact, or simply an activity to consume alcohol excessively as suggested by other studies. In this regard was proposed to analyse pre-gaming activities documented by med-school freshmen as well as to investigate if excessive drinking truly is the core, or if other meanings and purposes are relevant. Recognize previously overlooked categories or differences. Recordings of 100 med-school freshmen on pre-gaming were requested as an assignment for the Anthropological Medicine class. These were analyzed and reflected into a qualitative, cross-sectional descriptive study. The students were asked to perform participant observation and open interviews. When evaluating the results, the field notes were critically analyzed by second order ethnography. Then key concepts and categories were identified, which allowed tto develop a matrix where categories adopted operational definitions in discourse. It was proven that alcohol is indeed a common mediator in all these events. However, many other youth-inherent categories appeared, such as: gender, class, belonging, games, illegal substances consumption, and peer relationships. We interpret that pre-gaming is a “social fact”, in Durkheim’s terms: “Any way of acting, whether fixed or not, capable of exerting over the individual an external constraint [...]” (Durkheim, 2001 p51). Alcohol is a common mediator, but not core to the activity as other studies claim. There are several other important distinctions that come into play, for example: Gender and diverse corporealities, Socio-economic classes and all that brings, illegal substances, feeling of belonging and social inclusion. These are often overlooked and overshadowed by the health concern of alcohol consumption. La previa es una actividad que realizan los jóvenes antes de otro momento o evento social. El exceso de alcohol es mostrado desde el sentido común hegemónico en relación al daño que dicha actividad produce. Entendida como un hecho social (Durkheim, 2001), la previa debe ser estudiada en profundidad. El objetivo de este estudio fue comprobar si la previa es un hecho social o simplemente un lugar juvenil donde se consume alcohol en exceso como refieren otros artículos. A tal fin se propuso evaluar documentos de actividades de la previa producidas por alumnos de 1º año de Medicina dentro de una previa, así como indagar sobre la centralidad del exceso de alcohol o si existen otros sentidos y usos que intervienen. Reconocer otras categorías no tenidas en cuenta. Se analizaron 100 documentos sobre “previas” solicitados a 100 alumnos de 1º año de Medicina como trabajo dentro de la asignatura Medicina Antropológica. La investigación se desarrolló como un estudio descriptivo, de corte transversal y diseño cualitativo. Se pidió que hicieran observación participante y entrevistas abiertas con reflexividad permanente. Al evaluar los resultados se analizaron críticamente los documentos mediante etnografía de segundo orden. Luego se identificaron conceptos clave y categorías iniciales, lo que permitió desarrollar una matriz donde las categorías adoptaron definiciones operacionales en los discursos. Se comprobó que el alcohol es un mediador común en todos los eventos, sin embargo, aparecen otras categorías propias de la juventud tales como: género, clase, sentido de pertenencia, diversión, juegos, el consumo de drogas ilegales, la interrelación entre pares. Interpretamos que la previa es un “hecho social”, que en términos de Durkheim es: “Toda manera de hacer, establecida o no, susceptible de ejercer sobre el individuo una coacción exterior...” (Durkheim, 2001 p51). Qué el alcohol es un mediador común, no central en la actividad como informan otros estudios. Se evidenciaron categorías cómo: Género y diversas corporalidades, Clase con sentidos que ellos otorgan, Substancias ilegales como participantes activos, Sentido de pertenencia e inclusión social. Estas categorías son poco tenidas en cuenta por la salud/enfermedad/atención/prevención. Universidad Nacional Cba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas. Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología 2019-10-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/25749 Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba.; 2019: Suplemento JIC XX Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de Córdoba; 2019: Suplemento JIC XX Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Córdoba; 2019: Suplemento JIC XX 1853-0605 0014-6722 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/med/article/view/25749/27426 Derechos de autor 2019 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |