I now have to go and document observations of people's behaviour in public spaces, but I obviously can't go to every public place in this vast city, so I identified the major categories of public spaces, and chose one place in Delhi that to my opinion best exemplified each category. They are as follows:
Category Place
Open Commercial Space Connaught Place
Closed Commercial Space DLF Promenade Mall and Ambience Mall
Place of Leisure Lodi Garden
Waiting Space New Delhi Railway Station
I would attempt to cover different times of the day at each place (where ever it seemed logical and possible).
I would conduct non participatory observation and my medium for data collection would be Sketching.
Pros of Sketching
- It is less obtrusive as compared to photography and video, if people notice the camera they may not show their true behaviour
- people will less often take offense to being sketched
- one can document more than just the visual, one can attempt to capture the mood of the surroundings, note the observed behaviour, mention smells, sounds, time, etc.
- some places have restrictions to photography and video
- setting up cameras will waste time
Cons of Sketching
- A lot information is not captured such as colour and unnoticed details
- Does not have photographic accuracy and is more subjective content
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