Week 6 Field Notes.....

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I took field notes Tuesday April 6, 2010 from 9:15-10:30 pm at Pan Dorothy Coffee Shop
From past experience (daily observation), I had noticed that this venue reaches its business peak between 7-11 pm. I wanted to observe the demographic make-up of a typical in-semester, middle-of-the-week evening "peak" crowd. There were three observations I was intentionally making: Korean University students vs. non-Koreans/other-aged Koreans, those working at their tables vs. those socializing, the number of computers in use. I was able to observe the number of Koreans by listening to conversations or asking, those who were working by open schoolbooks or computers in use. And computers just by counting. I took a count of all three items every 15 minutes from 9:15-10:30.
9:15-53 people total

Korean U Students 49
Other people 4
Working 50
Socializing 3
Computers 8


9:30-47 people total

KUS- 45
OP-2
W-45
S-2
C-8

9:45-46 people total
KUS- 44
OP- 2
W-41
S-5
C-7

10:00-42 people
KUS-40
OP-2
W-24
S-8
C-7

10:15-44 people total
KUS-44
OP-0
W-39
S-5
C-7

10:30-42 people total
KUS-42
OP-0
W-34
S-8
C-7

Other noted factors: The number of notebook computers remained relatively unchanged, as did the cluster groups of students who were around them working together. There were very few students who, during this time changed from working to socializing modality. During this time I saw no "older than 30" Koreans. There were only 2 native English teachers from 9:3o onward, and 4 total at 9:15.

It may a result of the student-centered dominance of this shop during these hours that discourages older Koreans, older teachers, or parents with kids from coming at this time.