Research Update

This Friday I was only able to go in after hours, but there was still a fair amount of activity. The tone definitely was different, though. Perhaps nightfall did not help. Darkness outside only seems to make people want to rush home- surprisingly, no? The clinic employees, though ready to go, were still jocular and kind (something I cannot quite understand!).

It was an odd day for me due to class gyrations. I noticed that my altered mental state changed my perceptions a bit of the clinic, making me think with a bit more of a judgmental edge that I am not used to.

I had been hoping to hear more Spanish while I observe. Alas, whatever I do hear is but unintelligibly fast snippets. Even if I could understand, there would be little hope for me to be able to analyze it. The use of Spanish might still remain important, though, even if the spoken content has to be culled.

One last remark: field notes take a lot of time! I think I spent as much time writing field notes as participant observing.

Now, back to transcribing that interview....