For our Culture Probe, we gave out pieces of paper, which accompanied a basketball hoop, which had questions on it. For those walking by and found it interesting, they could write down answers and shoot their ball of answers into the hoop to be returned to us. This method was very fun, as people wanted to shoot into the hoop. The questions that were posted where..”How much money do you have to spend on food today?” “How often do you eat from food trucks?” and “How do you sit and dine on quality foods?” I learned that many people have between $10-$20 to spend on food. And sitting down to dine and eat, weren’t very popular choices. Many said they didn’t have enough time and it was too expensive. Many also did not eat from food trucks because they didn’t trust them. I don’t believe our probe was the best way to find all of the information we wanted, because I had specific questions. However it was very interactive. Some decided to tell why they chose the answers but even still their answers arent fully backed up, because of the lack of depth. I set up the probe in our lounge room down stairs, I expected more people to be in the lounge, but it was rather dry. heres a list of the responses: “Im broke as hell, but I eat when I become hungry. The New School is petty giving us chump change to eat with. Like wtf, their meals are just too much.” “$10. I don’t eat from food trucks that often. I don’t eat out and dine on quality food at all. No time. Too expensive.” “Around $24. I don’t buy food from food trucks often, dont know if they’re legit. I don’t sit down to eat often, no time” “$15-$20. Every other day. Not often, maybe once every few months. No interest in sitting down to eat. “ “I eat out 3 times a week. I would like to try more sit downs but its money “I never buy food from food trucks, I think they’re sketchy” “I dont spend money on food, because I cook at home.” “I eat $15 worth of food a day..$10 at UC, $5 other.. “I have around $11 to spend on food, I never go out to eat.” “I go out to eat once every 7 months” “I have between $10 and $20 to spend on food. I eat at street trucks twice a month, because I don’t have time during break. I go out to eat and dine on quality food like once a week because its NY , and its stuff I want to try out.”
For our Graffiti Wall, we asked the question “What is food convenience to you?” and also “what food vendors do you find to be the most convenient?” There were not many answers to our questions, maybe because of the chosen location. For the question “What is food convenience to you?” We received the answers “Feeding my ego.” “Passive advertising for food” and “Feeding my ego”. From these responses I reflect on the times I’ve alkyd past graffiti walls , and decided to answer the question with a slick or comical remark. This gives me the idea that graffiti walls may not always be the best option. Although you can get really good answers, theres no definite idea that people will reply and reply with a serious answer. For the other question “ what food vendors do you find to be the most convenient?” We received the responses “Certified organically grown” “farm grown products” and “farm raised poultry” This response seemed very thought out and as if the writer cares about their health.
