Brainstorm: Potential Ethnographic Studies

Comments
Joe Cabrera
Cindy Skach

Discussion

Idea 1

Taking into consideration busy schedules, I have thought of a more localized study(i.e. on campus). After all the Aggie family is big enough and diverse. I propose making a list of student organizations by an area of focus for example academia, and attending their meetings, and observing the way their meetings are organized. (I wonder if a CS major could blend in a liberal arts student organization?)

Idea 2

We could observe customers at the checkout counter in a store like Walmart, and Tagert, and observe how many people use physical money, and how many use credit/debit cards. Is there a generational gap?

Idea 3

Redbox vs Blockbuster vs Hastings vs Local library, etc...: Is there such thing as a typical Redbox or Blockbuster customer?

Idea 4

We could observe at any given time in campus computer labs how many people have facebook pages open on their compuuter, and how much time do they spend?