{"id":1971,"date":"2017-04-29T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T17:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2017-04-29T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T17:05:41","slug":"immersion-ethnographic-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/innovation-and-design-thinking\/2017\/04\/29\/immersion-ethnographic-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Immersion Ethnographic Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethnography Summary <\/strong><\/p>\n

Victoria Velasquez immersed herself in the life of a guy named T\u2019Andre whom she met at a Peer2Peer Group meeting at Imani Unidad.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/u> 3\/8\/17<\/p>\n

Type:<\/u> Immersion<\/p>\n

Location:<\/u> Imani Unidad office space downtown<\/p>\n

Team participants:<\/u> Grace, Wen Cong, and Wendy were also in attendance but Victoria talked to T\u2019Andre alone<\/p>\n

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User Characteristics: <\/u><\/p>\n

Male, age 20<\/p>\n

Released from incarceration four weeks ago<\/p>\n

He was locked up for committing an armed robbery<\/p>\n

He was 14 years old when he first got locked up<\/p>\n

He has friends who have also been sent to jail and some friends who have died from gang violence<\/p>\n

He faces some uncertainty in his life as this girl he was seeing is pregnant but she\u2019s not sure if he\u2019s the father<\/p>\n

What is this person about \u2013 what drives him\/her? T\u2019Andre is driven by his younger brothers. He didn\u2019t have a fatherly figure growing up or a good role model from his older cousins, so he wants to be that figure for his siblings. He makes sure they do their homework and makes sure they are getting to sports practice after school.<\/p>\n

What is this person\u2019s biggest point of pain? He has a history of incarceration and cannot secure a job. He has applied everyday for the past two weeks and has not heard any positive news back.<\/p>\n

Memorable quote from interview: \u201cI was never good at sports so I wasn\u2019t interested in any of that.\u201d \u201cI couldn\u2019t get home at 3:00 am so I just stayed out and walked the streets.\u201d \u201cI know this sounds weird, but I\u2019m glad I went away for four years. I needed that.\u201d \u201cI have plans A, B, and C and when they don\u2019t work out I just try again.\u201d When told that he should be proud of the way he is trying to turn his life around he replied, \u201cThank you. Ain\u2019t nobody ever told me that before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Top 3 Learnings:<\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. He\u2019s the oldest sibling and wants to be a role model for his younger siblings to give them someone to look up to, which is something he never had.<\/li>\n
  2. Because he didn\u2019t think he was good at sports he quit and got involved in bad activities on the street (drugs and crime).<\/li>\n
  3. He has been in and out of jail since we has 14 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Key Insight \u2013 (1) People get involved in bad things because they don\u2019t know any different and they don\u2019t have good role models to look up to and see the way a teenager should really be behaving. (2) Had he not gone to jail for four years, he would\u2019ve had no motivation to change his life around.<\/p>\n

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    Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Got to Imani Unidad in Downtown South Bend<\/li>\n
    • Looked around for Debra and found her in the basement<\/li>\n
    • Went upstairs and found the Peer2Peer group meeting<\/li>\n
    • Joined them for dinner but didn\u2019t eat<\/li>\n
    • Started talking to two young men but one wasn\u2019t very interested in talking, so only carried out the conversation with one of them<\/li>\n
    • Talked with T\u2019Andre for 30 minutes<\/li>\n
    • Transitioned into group circle<\/li>\n
    • Shared with the group something that I had accomplished in the week and something that was holding me back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Wednesday evening<\/li>\n
      • Room had chairs and tables, which were then moved to form a circle of chairs<\/li>\n
      • The room was loud during dinner and conversations<\/li>\n
      • The room had an uncomfortable feeling because there were a lot of new members to the Peer2Peer group and there were some obvious outsiders<\/li>\n
      • The meeting was a safe space, which made people more comfortable sharing details about their lives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

         <\/p>\n

        Interactions: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • At first I was only talking to the other members of my team (Wen Cong and Grace)<\/li>\n
        • Then I started talking to another familiar face\u2014intern Andy<\/li>\n
        • I walked around and tried to listen in on some people\u2019s conversations amongst themselves<\/li>\n
        • Eventually I introduced myself to two young men<\/li>\n
        • I sat down at a table to the left of their seats<\/li>\n
        • One of the guys was much more open to talking than the other one, so I carried on a conversation with that one<\/li>\n
        • Debra came in and got the group meeting started<\/li>\n
        • Each person in the circle had to speak in front of the group<\/li>\n
        • After each person spoke the group clapped for them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

           <\/p>\n

          Objects: <\/strong><\/p>\n

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          • Tables and chairs<\/li>\n
          • Notepad and pen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

             <\/p>\n

            Users:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Debra, Baye, Andy<\/li>\n
            • Some other counselors<\/li>\n
            • Peer2Peer group members spanning a lot of different ages and a mix of men and women<\/li>\n
            • Another ND group with about four students<\/li>\n
            • Grace, Wen Cong, Wendy, and Victoria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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