Sit-In Breach

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A breaching experiment is arguably the best way to obtain data of the sociological reactions exhibited towards a fracture in the perceived social normality. Commonly, people are able to enjoy a leisurely stroll from store to store in a shopping mall with little or no obstructions in their path. Faced with the encumbrance of someone hindering their stroll, how would they react? This is the question we strived to answer. First, we had to decide how we were going to impede their travels. The settlement ended being relatively simple; just sit down in the middle of the walkway. But that wasn’t quite enough to suite what we were looking for. There had to be something else being done while sitting to dupe one’s emotions so they would attempt to interact with us. We came to the choice to burry our head in our hands in what appeared to be emotionally distraught manner in an attempt to invoke interaction. Second, we had to choose a semi-crowded place to perform this breach. We settled on the Oak Park Mall located on the corner of 95th Street and Quivira Road. Third, it had to be decided what ...

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