Food and Culture Coffee Shop Observation ANSWER TEMPLATE
Participant Field notes for Food and Culture Coffee Shop Observation
PART 1: PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION FIELDNOTES (12 points)
Copy and paste your formalized field notes here. They should be at least two pages (12-point font, 1-inch margins, single-spaced) in length.
PART 2: DIRECT OBSERVATION TABLE (12 points)
ID Gender Age Race/Ethnicity Appearance Behavior Coffee/Food Order
Example Man 20s White Wearing khaki shorts and a plain blue polo. Dark brown hair cut short. Clean-shaven. No glasses. Talking to ID2 while in line. Playing with phone while waiting for order. Said “Thank you” Grande pumpkin spice latte
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Food and Culture Coffee Shop Observation Part Three
OBSERVATIONS (20 points)
Look through your notes and look for similarities (themes). You need to identify two themes from your participant observation notes and two themes from you direct observation notes. At least three of your themes need to be related to topics we have covered in the course in some way and you need to cite the course material in your discussion. Each observation write-up needs to be 50-100 words.
a. Observation 1:
b. Observation 2:
c. Observation 3:
d. Observation 4:
PART 4: REFLECTION (15 points)
e. Discuss the merits of using participant observation vs. direction observation. Which method was more fruitful for this type of research? Why? (100-200 words)
f. In what ways do you think your own cultural identity and background affected how you ”saw” and understood the environment and activities you observed? We all have biases. What are some actual (or possible) biases that you bring to this research? (100-200 words)
g. How has completing this assignment and the coursework (lectures, readings, videos, discussion boards) changed the ways that you view coffee and the large categories of food and eating? (100-200 words)
WORKS CITED (6 points)
For this assignment, you were required to cite at least three course sources. You can use any accepted citation format (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago). Each source listed here needs to have a corresponding in-text citation.
FORMATTING (10 points)
Correct spelling and grammar are expected in this assignment. Additionally, you are expected to use this template to provide your answers, which should all appear in sentence and paragraph form. Please adhere as closely as possible to the provided word counts.
