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The Campus Center has shifted from a social, communal space, to a communal study space. In a time where students are usually isolated to their individual rooms, the Campus Center provides a space to be with others while still being productive. It serves many of the same purposes it did before the pandemic but the volume and energy level was much lower. As a student at Bryn Mawr, my prior utilization and understanding of the space greatly influenced my ethnographic approach and analysis. The nature of the pandemic made it difficult to do ethnographic research as students are isolated to individual spaces. The Campus Center is a unique space as it is one of the few spaces on campus that is still open for many students to use at once.

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The Campus Center is a space I have utilized through the duration of my time as a student at Bryn Mawr College. Before the COVID19 pandemic, this space was a communal, social space. It houses the on campus coffee shop, Uncommon Grounds, as well as the bookstore and student mailboxes. Therefore, the space is one that students use to run errands but also contains couches, tables, and chairs that make it a comfortable space to hang out. However, as opposed to other communal spaces like libraries, students socialize or do group work in the Campus Center as it is not a quiet space. When I conducted my ethnography in this space during the COVID19 pandemic, the energy of the space had shifted. While students were still running similar errands and sitting together in groups, the dynamics were different.

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There were about six students who sat doing work the entire time I was in the Campus Center. However, many other students came in for quick errands like getting food and drinks from the coffee shop or checking their mailbox. These students came in for 5 or 10 minutes and then left.

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Students went into Uncommon Grounds, the campus coffee shop, to get food and drinks. I did not see any students eat food in the Campus Center. Two students sitting in the Campus Center had drinks. They would periodically pull down their masks to take a sip of their drinks.

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October 6, 2020 2:45-3:45pm

Inside the Bryn Mawr College Campus Center

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Most students observed in the Campus Center were doing work on laptops. All were wearing masks and doing individual work, despite sitting with friends. People paused working to have quick conversations but they did so quietly. The space was very quiet the entire time I was there.

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A marker on the floor to show students where to stand when waiting in line for the campus coffee shop.