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Fly On The Wall: Observing The Journey of A Vendor at A Vegetable Market
Fly On The Wall: Observing The Journey of A Vendor at A Vegetable Market
Fly on the wall allows the researcher to OBSERVING THE JOURNEY OF A VENDOR AT A VEGETABLE
MARKET
observe the interactions of users with their
environment. As there is no direct As a classroom project, I spent the entire day at a vegetable market
interactions involved between the consisting of approximately 30 vendors. I fixed my spot and reached
researcher and the users, the formation of there before the market opened and left the market after it was shut.
biases are on the lower end. I started observing the environment of the market before the
vendors entered. During my observation I kept noting down the
interaction between vendor to vendor, vendor to customer, vendor to
This method might intimidate the users
dealer and how did they use the space around them. I also noted
initially but gradually the researcher down the process they followed to set up their stalls and the people
becomes the part of the environment. coming in other than vendors and customers.
I further noted down the artifacts used by them and the audible
interactions to have a better understanding.
BODYSTORMING
ROLE REVERSAL
Role reversal is a situation in which two HOUSE CHORES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
people have chosen or been forced to
exchange their duties and responsibilities, Due to COVID-19 situation, the home maids are told not to serve
in order to understand each role. their clients. This puts the house owners in the shoes of maids and
helps them understand the activities and probable difficulties faced
This helps in understanding the by the maids to use a particular cleaning tool. This could possibly
perspective of the different stakeholders put the house owner in a position to be more empathetic and
and further helps in mitigating the conflict, identify the difficulties in certain activities and resolve them.
if any.
STRATEGISING A GAME FOR A TOURNAMENT
SHADOWING
This will help the teenager to understand each action and perform
the actions at a bank independently.
Word concept association helps the WHAT WORDS DO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH - ONLINE CLASSES
designers and researchers to understand
how a user perceives and values a given
issue. In order to understand the perception of the students regarding
Online Classes, the students can be asked 3 words that they could
It helps to unveil the mental model of the associate with ‘Online Classes’.
users with respect to a particular issue
This can help us understand the advantages and disadvantages of
Online Classes and how to make the experience better.