Enacting gender in public space (field notes and paper)

For this paper, students will observe and write about how gender is enacted in public spaces. Students are required to spend at
least one-hour observing human activity in a public space (streets, shops and shopping malls, subways, bars, restaurants, and cafes, airports, train stations, sports fields and arenas, performance
halls, etc.). While observing, students will take field notes—detailed descriptions of what they observe. Your observations and field notes will become the material for a short paper (2-3 pages,
double-spaced, 12-point font) on the enactment of gender in public spaces. Although the paper is
primarily concerned with the enactment of gender in public spaces, you will also want to consider race, class, sexuality, and disability in your observations and analysis. Some questions to consider as you are observing: What sorts of people are in a particular space? How do people move through and occupy space? How do people participate in activities and events? Students will turn in their field notes along with their paper. Notes do not have to be complete sentences. Essay should have analysis of what have been observed and should be organized.