Ethnography: Observing the Upper Quad The location chosen was strategic, to see how people reacted, and what kind of people would come around this particular spot. The location was the upper quad while sitting down at the concrete benches to have a full view of the upper quad at Mars Hill University. This location gave full viewing opportunities to not one, but six buildings on the upper quad: Spilman, Marshbanks, McConnel, Business Building, Rural Heritage Museum, and the Founders Hall, which does not include other buildings like: Moore, Day and Cornwell, which impacted the observation as well. This unique location showed the difference in the environment as well as the different patterns and way people reacted to this certain location on
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At first the study possibly could have concluded that more girls were walking through the upper quad because they were walking back to their dorms: Stroup, Huffman, and Edna Moore, from the cafeteria. The first day of observation, there was a ratio of 1:6 with one being the guy and six being the girls. As the other two observations became finalized, there was a more equal ratio, meaning that Monday around 6:00 could have been an outlier regarding gender. More girls were also traveling in groups during all three days of observations, possibly due to the idea of safety in numbers.
Age
Age played an important role in these observations. The time of day affected the movement or flow of people which also spotlighted the idea of age. Non-college students such as adults with a job were moving or leaving certain building like, Spilman, the Business Building, and Marshbanks, on Monday and Thursday during the late afternoon, perhaps they were getting off work. College students were walking in these buildings, and the upper quad more around Sunday night, and Thursday during lunch. The younger college students looked like they were more in rush than the working adults did as well.
At first the study possibly could have concluded that more girls were walking through the upper quad because they were walking back to their dorms: Stroup, Huffman, and Edna Moore, from the cafeteria. The first day of observation, there was a ratio of 1:6 with one being the guy and six being the girls. As the other two observations became finalized, there was a more equal ratio, meaning that Monday around 6:00 could have been an outlier regarding gender. More girls were also traveling in groups during all three days of observations, possibly due to the idea of safety in numbers.
Age
Age played an important role in these observations. The time of day affected the movement or flow of people which also spotlighted the idea of age. Non-college students such as adults with a job were moving or leaving certain building like, Spilman, the Business Building, and Marshbanks, on Monday and Thursday during the late afternoon, perhaps they were getting off work. College students were walking in these buildings, and the upper quad more around Sunday night, and Thursday during lunch. The younger college students looked like they were more in rush than the working adults did as well.