• T way across from her house

• Weather may have an affect 

• In the middle of primary school and high school students

• During school pickup time

LIMITATION

• RAIN

• Due to the weather , limited her ability to observe the area due to loss of numbers of students

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RESOLVE

• Observed more closed in areas 

• Malls , shopping centers

NICOLE
-  Penrith Westfield , works there. 

• In a role of promotional supervisor , Mothers group

• Weather increased number of kids and adults

LIMITATION

• Drastic amount of people made it hard to control and figurate

• Time always causes limitations

REEM

• Fairfield shopping center

• Was relatively empty , early morning 10:00 AM

• Cultural group was majorly people of arabic background

• Language was a big indicator

LIMITATION

• Time of day 

GEORGE

• Works at HOYTS 

• Weather was drastic

• Movies invited different cultures 

• Eastern and western dialect , Made george feel more welcome

• Non speaking english movies are screened regularly on fridays

• Was more youth primary school children than adults

• Children bring more energy 

LIMITATION

• Weather made it hard to get there

• Doesnt know others intentions when using surveillance

• Tendency to make assumptions

ADVANTAGE

• Using cameras to observe 

SEAN

• Bankstown Bruins Basketball Stadium

• Cultural objects and artifacts

• Diverse age group from 8 yr olds to 30 yr olds

• Stadium is very loud

• Was convenience as he had a game afterwards

LIMITATIONS

• Was bias as he is always there

• Mondays specifically are for only certain groups may affect numbers and influence

• Did observation at grand concourse, central

• The weather was a limitation/challenge as there weren’t that many people due to the fact

• The spot seated in worked well, was the seating area so many people were there

Yasmine

• Location worked well 

• Time limit was a challenge

• Good area to observe, represents what parramatta is

Lilyrose

• Location was great to observe due to how well it represents the area 

• A challenge was working whilst observing 

• Weather was another challenge as it wasn’t as busy

Fatma- We could go out and ask people about their ethnicity. We must assume.

Michaela- It's a shared responsibility. It was awkward looking at observing because all these high school students were around.

Mariam- I had to research the area because they did not go out and observe it. They had to go off memory.

Things they did well

Fatma- Did her observation meet a high standard

Michaela - I made some great observations because I was familiar with the area.

Mariam-It was easy to research.

• did observation in Parramatta Westfield.

• It was indoor so the weather was not a problem and did not affect my observations.

• I was working so i was not able to observe as best as i could.

-       Limitations: needed permission to enter when observing, but knows the area very well, confirmation bias

-       What was done well: attends often so familiar with the area, accuracy in description, better understood her personality and understanding through the feeling of belonging when in the church

-       Ciana: Funland Bankstown

-       Limitations: confirmation bias, was a Wednesday after school so there wasn’t as many people, time constraint,

-       What was done well: attends often so was familiar with area, was a participant in this observation, as they observed themselves, observed the massive gender difference, the genre of games are male leaning

-       Xander: Katoomba Street

-       Limitations: Confirmation bias, observing time was during school hours, selecting only the street was limiting in terms of whats available in the town

-       What was done well: detailed description of the transportation infrastructure and how easily walkable the area is, discussed the cultural aspects around too