10th field study

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9th field study

9th field study

Date: 5- 3- 2008
Time: 16:05-1635
Location: Sai Yee Street

Comment:

After Chinese Lunar New Year, the park got more children and more people compare to the field study that I did before. Many Children were playing in the park, but most of the play who were playing in the park are kindergarten children but not primary school children.  

brief findings of 8 times field study

In 1st – 5th , 7th, 8th field study : 0 children

• I couldn’t find any children play in the park
• Only elderly, teenager visited the park, stayed for a while
• passer-by

6th field study:1 children + grandmother + mother

• Elderly, teenager, passerby
• children was playing with her own
• not play collective activities

Due to:

• Cold and rainy weather?
• affected by the coming Chinese Lunar New Year?
• The changing of the lifestyle of children?
• Games occur in another place?

8th field study

8^th field study

Location: Sai Yee Street Garden
Date: 4^th February, 2008 (Monday)
Time: 1620-1800

Observation:
The weather of today was cold, today was also near the Chinese Lunar New Year. No one was in the park, no one using the park’s facilities. There is also limited passerby pass thought the park. The park was quiet and empty.

Comment:
The result of this field study is it affected by the weather? Or by Chinese Lunar New Year? After I left the park, walked on the street, I noticed that many children were shopping with their mother. So the result may also affected by the coming festival.

7th field study

7th field study
Location: Nathan Road/ Boundary Street Sitting-out area
Date: 4^th February, 2008 (Monday)
Time:1430-1600

Observation:
4 days after the 6^th field study. This time, the observation time is longer then last time. No children was inside the park. But 4 secondary students were sitting inside the park, they were sitting on the slide. About 5 elder were sitting on the seat in the park. The secondary girls stayed in the park for about half an hour.

Comment:
I couldn’t find children in the park this time, but I could find secondary students. For the elder, they were using the park’s facilities during the 6^th and 7^th field study.

6th field study

 

6^th field study

Location: Nathan Road/ Boundary Street Sitting-out area
Date: 31 January, 2008 ( Thursday)
Time: 1420-1500

Observation:
Grandmother and a little child, they did their own things. Grandmother was talking on phone while the little child was playing in the park. The little children was playing with her own, she was throwing something such as rubbish she found on the park. She talked to herself. Before Children’s mother arrived, her grandmother was keep talking on phone and ignored the little children. On the other hand, some elder entered the park and sat in the park, watching the little children.

Comment:
During this field study, I can only found one children played in the park. In fact, she was playing with her own game with her own rule. So, is she really using the facilities to play in the park? Beside, why there is only one children played in the park? Where do the children go? Park seems became a area which only suitable for the elder.

5th field study

5 ^th field study

Location: Dundas Street Sitting-out area
Date: 30^th January, 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 1640-1800

Observation:
This field study is the day of the 4^th field study. Rainy day, and the rain become more heavy after I arrived Dundas Street Sitting-out area. It is a large area, without any playing facilities, but with some sit. No one were inside the park as it was raining.

Comment:
I think that I may have to visit this site one more, because I think that this site got a large area, and this large area is suitable for playing collective activities.

4th field study

 

4^th field study

Location: Sai Yee Street Garden
Date:30 January, 2008 (Wednesday)
Time: 1500-1630

Observation:
Today is rainy day, the floor of the park is wet. When I was doing field study in the park, the rain just stopped for a while. No one were sitting or playing in the park, especially children. Few people pasting by the park.

Comment:
This is really not a good time for doing field study in the park when the weather is bad. It is because it is not hard to notice that when it is a rainy day, the park will be empty without children playing inside the park. I was not shock by the result of this field study. But at least, I can prove that weather is a factor affects children’s behaviors of playing in the park.

3rd field study

Location: Tin Shui Estate Park
Date: 27 January, 2008
Time: 1300-1400, 1700-1900

Observation:
Today is Sunday. It was the third time that I visited this park. The result are remained the same. I couldn’t find any children who are playing in this park in the specific of time. In these two time slot, no one came to the park, including children, teenage and elderly. I could only see people passed by the park.

Comment:
Is the result affected by the cold weather?
As today is the weekend that before lunar new year,
is the result affected by the period of time?
Children are normal stay with their parent on Sunday?
The lifestyle of children changed?

2nd field study

Location: Tin Shui Estate Park
Date:26 January, 2008
Time: 1400-1800

Observation:
It was the second times that I visited this park. The weather was cold and the park was still very quite, only a few people used the park in this specific period of time. The one who used this park was the teenagers, 3 young girls, they just seat on the sit of the park and talked for half an hour and then left the park. Later on, a young lovers, they are secondary student as they are wearing school uniform, they were having argument, they stood in the corner for about 10 minutes.

Comment:
Or they no longer like to play in the park?
Game and play happen in other place?
Function of park changed?
The pattern of children’s daily life changed?