Describe the participants and the setting, and include your ideas about what you think is going on and what you think you know about the participants.

Directions for the “observation:” First,
for 10-15 minutes, listen to (eavesdrop on) a conversation whose
participants you cannot see. They might be sitting behind you on a bus
or in a restaurant – you are close enough to hear them, but positioned
so you cannot see them. Then, for 10-15 minutes, observe a conversation
you cannot hear – one taking place, for example, on the other side of
the campus quad. Even though you cannot hear what is being said, you can
see the interaction as it takes place.
Directions for the written description: Secondly,
write an extremely detailed description of each conversation. Describe
the participants and the setting, and include your ideas about what you
think is going on and what you think you know about the participants.
Try to describe everything you heard or saw to support any conclusions
you draw. You MUST integrate sociological information from the book
chapter on Methodology. For example, maybe you want to discuss your
experiences as a form of ethnography, or qualitative methodology.

Your
paper must be a minimum of 3 complete pages. Essays must be double
space, using either 10 or 12 fonts, and must be completed in Times New Roman

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