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Notes from Observation 9/28/07
Here are some notes from my group's observation today at the smokers' tent outside cab:
- The structure of the smoke tent itself was small, but not enclosed, allowing movement about the structure. - Many smokers chose not to smoke directly under the tent, but usually in front or off to the side of the tent. - The bench in the tent comortably fit four, but if three people were sitting on it, they were not sitting right next to each other. they evenly spaced themselves out. -social introductions typically started with questions like "You gotta light?" "I'll give you a quarter for a smoke." or "Can I bum a square?" - Tents seem like a method of social control, and become a new social structure, creating an environment for the smoking "outcasts" on campus to ruminate and talk about how it's stupid to make people smoke under a little tent. - We were observing as the object, since we all smoke. We paid attention to how we ourselves were perceived, as well as what we were seeing. - as smokers, we were glanced at by passersby - as observers, we were openly welcomed by the smokers to do small impromtu interviews.
Submitted by Emily on Sat, 09/29/2007 - 1:09pm. Emily's blog | login or register to post comments | printer friendly version
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