Coummunity vs Society II

Bloggin bloggin bloggin! I had such difficulties adding up other classmates link to my page. I spent almost an hour trying to copy paste their links then type their names and such, sigh. Anyways! last week lecture was interesting. I thought the documentary they made about Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Trailer (1969) was really good. Indeed there`s no commentary voice involved but you still get that vibe of energy from watching it. Jenny then gave me an idea when she mentioned about the bikers community in class. So i thought, Graffiti would make such a good documentary project but then, I don`t have much sources and materials other then depending to my only friend (drewfunk) . When the word bikers mentioned, coming from Malaysia, bikers community there which are well known as 'MAT REMPIT' has a huge negative impact on Malaysia . Mat rempit is a malay term for the illegal street racers who say they do stunts to get over the stress of modern society.I`m sure most of my Malaysian classmates who`s reading this would agree with me. It then hit me to do a documentary about them. Why not do something that i have a better understanding of, as this issue is always out in the news every single day.

How much trouble can you cause with a little motorbike?

Well, in the hands of a Mat Rempit, it can be a great cause of irritation to other road users.

Mat Rempits have annoyed the Malaysian nation with their reckless riding and total disregard for other road users.

According to Wikipedia.com, a Mat Rempit is a Malaysian term for an individual who participates in illegal street racing usually involving small motorcycles of less than 200cc, also known as Kapcai, or scooters. 'Mat' is a Malay slang term used to refer to a person with stereotypical characteristics of a Malay person.The term 'Rempit' comes from the combination of the words 'ramp it'; to ramp the throttle. Also they are known as Thugs-On-Wheels (TOW) by the police. Mat Rempits usually travel in big groups of over 30 bikes and race in bustling city centres on weekend nights till the wee hours of the morning. It is estimated that there are about 200,000 Mat Rempits in Malaysia, according to Wikipedia.com.

So, what is the conflict of documentary for this?

It`s the idea of how society dislike them but yet the rempit community keeps on defending themselves saying they do not do anything wrong .

-Why they are into this kind of activity?
-They know that they are portraying bad image of Malaysia especially among the Malays, but yet they still do it, why?
-What is their f***in problem?!

These are the questions that I like to find and put into the project.

The media plays a big part in portraying this community so I will look into that as well.

What a big jump from graffiti to this community, lol!

Community Vs Society

Apologies for my late entry. I`ve been caught up with so many things lately (aren`t we all?) . I`m not really a fan of blogging and to be honest, this is my first time setting up a blog. I find this subject rather interesting as we get to explore and create our own documentary regarding community.

When the word community being mentioned, the word sub-culture crossed my head straight away.

In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden) which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong. If a particular subculture is characterized by a systematic opposition to the dominant culture, it may be described as a counterculture. (Wikipedia)

A community is a group of interacting organisms (or different species) sharing an environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness. (Wikipedia)

I have interest in focusing on the community on people who do graffiti as this will be such an interesting subject relating community vs society. I myself practice graffiti and it will even be the topic for my research proposal which is Communicating through graffiti: Looking through the public eye.

Now, IF i do intend to proceed with it, how should i execute it?

I have a Malaysian friend who dropped everything he studied back at home and now making graffiti as his full time job here in Melbourne. Check out his website at http://www.drewfunk.com

I could get the public opinion together with him and his graffiti mates and start the comparison. It can show the overall progress on whether graffiti can be accepted or against by the public perhaps? I will try and brainstorm more on that.

Sigh, or maybe at the end of the day i might change to other community subject