[nabs-l] Seeking Opinions on Blind Research Techniques

[Justin Williams]

You could have someone go with you.  It would be aloud as an accommodation.
You could have the professor or disability help you find someone, or you
could find your own person. 
You might have to pay them.  Such as paying another college student, or a
classmate.
 Justin


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From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth
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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:43 PM
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Cc: Elizabeth Mohnke <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>
Subject: [nabs-l] Seeking Opinions on Blind Research Techniques

Hello All,

I hope everyone is off to a good start to the beginning of a new semester. I
would like to participate in a service learning project for an anthropology
class I am taking this semester, and I am wondering if anyone has any tips
or advice on conducting participant observational research for social
science classes.

The research includes twelve visits observing a first grader during lunch at
a local elementary school. We are then asked to propose a specific research
topic related to behavior and food, and write a paper based on our
observations along with some scholarly resources.

I have never conducted participant observational research before, so I am
not completely sure how I would be able to do this as a blind student. Since
observing other people includes both visual and non-visual aspects of the
environment and the people in it, what would be the best way for me to be
able to obtain the visual aspects of the environment and the people in it as
a blind student while conducting my research?

Some suggested specific topics for the research paper include food waste,
peer pressure related to food choices, socialization during eating periods,
physical movement during eating periods, gender differences, influence of
authority over food choices, aesthetic presentation of food and its
relationship to food choices, and marketing related to food choices.

If anyone knows how I could successfully conduct a participant observational
research project as a blind student, I would greatly appreciate hearing from
you. However, please note there is also a more traditional research paper
assignment for any student who does not wish to complete the service
learning project. So this research project is simply an option that I would
like to be able to do if I can figure out a way to be able to do it as a
blind student.

Thanks,
Elizabeth
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