An Urban Ethnography
photos: (top left) Sitting in the front of the bus, turned toward other riders as if for interaction; (top right) closer observation shows closed eyes, headphones and sunglasses as well as avoidance posture; (bottom left) Disembarking at the mall; (bottom right) Off the bus and heading into the mall alone.
Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies 4.1 (2008)
ISSN 1557-2935
Renee Human
University of Kentucky
Field notes and photos
Young Man with skateboard
April 11, 2007, 3pm
This young man is surrounded by people, but he radiates isolation.
Mohawk, skateboard and black clothes. Headphones, sun glasses and closed eyes.
He disembarks at the Mall (at Macy's).
