lay of the land

The essay lay of the land is about a bowling ally that Nicole Williams visted and did her research on for her ethnography project. She went and visited this bowling ally on a monday night, which was mens bowling league night. She went up and got permission from the manager/owner to sit in and observe the mens bowling league. Nicole was able to observe many dfferent aspects, for example she determed alot of the ages for the bowlers, and also what they liked and how serious they took the sport. Williams also walked around the site, and saw different signs that said sentences such as "employees only beyond this site". through walking around and researching she was able to find out the different prices for bowling. Overall Nicole Williams was able to find out alot more about the site that she is researching by visitng, asking questions, and just wondering and looking around.