Our Community Partner will hire local ethnographers to explore the following research questions: How can we increase feelings of connection, safety, and wellbeing for people at City Hall? What is the purpose/intentionality of City Hall? In addition to the work of these ethnographers, Dr. Long's Ethnographic Methods course in Fall 2022 will conduct a pilot study completing: (1) observational mapping and (2) interviews with key interlocuters.

As a first step however, we need to first conduct some preliminary research to explore the following: How do other municipalities envision the purpose of their City Hall space? Who can use it? Why? How? When? Who enforces the rules? etc.

The student will need to complete the following activities to successfully complete the project:

• To find and read information City Hall websites about the purpose of their City Hall spaces;
• To find and read studies by researchers about the building and purpose of their City Hall spaces;
• Draft research process into an informal research project;
• Craft 5 - 10 City Hall personas to use during the pilot research.

The student will receive the following supports in their work:

• Training on how to conduct a literature review;
• Mentoring on ethical community-based research;
• Mentoring on how to craft personas;
• Mentoring on research and project management.