Coffee Shop Field Site Reports

Coffee Shop Field Site Reports

1. How would you characterize the social networks in your field site? For example, are the ties strong or weak? Did you observe a lot of social capital or not much? Is there much homophily? How do you think the nature of the networks in your field site shapes the kinds of interactions you observed?

2. How is social control enforced in your field site? Do you see evidence of formal sanctions? Informal sanctions? How are general social norms enforced? What about the norms of your field site?

3. How is culture “done” in your field site? Are people expressing their tastes? Are their ways in which people express or demonstrate their cultural knowledge? Or do people develop their own small group cultures? all the examples can be made up. The field site is a coffee shop.

THE FIELD SITE IS A COFFEE SHOP. PLEASE RESPOND WITH A PAGE OR MORE FOR EACH QUESTION. TOTAL SHOULD BE ABOUT 4-5 PAGES.