Study Lounges

1. What location(s) are you planning to observe?
I am going to observe the various study lounges throughout the Stu East building.

2. What are your assumptions about the location? What do you think you will see? How do you think the space will be used? Who do you think you will encounter and be able to talk to while observing? What do you think insiders already know about the space? What may outsiders need to learn about the space in order to better understand the subculture?
Since I live in the building, I already know what the lounges look like for the most part. They consist of a small to medium sized room on each floor that has multiple chairs and tables in them along with couches to sit on. On the First and Sixth floor there is a big lounge that is used for social activities. Outsiders should know what goes on within the lounges because sometimes it is not studying at all.

3. Do you think you need to be careful about colonization as you do your research and write your paper? What can you do to prevent colonization from occurring in your paper?
I do not think that colonization will be a big problem with the observation; however, I may end up comparing the materials in the rooms to other places. This could be colonization in the end. To fix this problem I will have to state that these are simply my own opinions.