Writing Homework Help

Non-Participant Observation

Choose a public place such as a shopping mall, a library, a restaurant, or any other place where you are not participating in the activities you are observing. Record your observations in field notes. Pay attention to and describe the following in detail:

• The setting (layout of the space, arrangement of furniture, decor, “feel,” and so forth),
• The people (describe individuals and groups, detail behaviors)
• The action (what are the relationships between people and/or groups?).
• Then expand the description of one particular person at some point in the observation.