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Critical Reflection 5

 I think that I speak for the both of us when I say that we have made many discoveries about our process and habits regarding senior projects. We have noticed that we follow the same general structure when we visit a business. It usually goes that we explore the business, if it is a museum, we walk around and make noticings on physical differences between now and pre pandemic crowds. Next we find someone who has worked at the establishment for over a year because we know they will have experienced those changes. This is where we begin a short interview to learn about how businesses and culture have changed in NYC. One thing that we should begin doing is calling ahead to set up interviews because we will have a higher chance of someone being there who is willing to talk to us. One good habit that we have stuck with is our interest and commitment to this project. I feel as though we have learned so much more in depth about the city we live in. Now circling back to our essential question, “how has the culture in NYC changed?”, I believe that we need to focus a bit more on the actual culture. This might be more tough, but we could speak to regular citizens of the city, possibly people we know, rather than just business owners and workers.

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