Sociological Breaching Experiment
The “breaching experiment” that I decided to choose was the Do Nothing Experiment. ... , where I could perform my experiment. ... Since the experiment involves standing in a particular place for ten minutes, I had to figure out exactly where to place myself. ... I also thought that the experiment would be much more interesting if I actually stood in front of the door (not blocking it, though) so that more people would notice my presence. ... As the experiment began to progress into its first couple of minutes, I began to realize how difficult it was to do absolutely nothing in a heavy public setting. ... When she left the market near the end of my ten-minute experiment, she carried with her a package of diapers. ... This experiment also made me more aware of my personal space, or as James Henslin describes it, our “…personal bubble that we all go to great lengths to protect (2002, page 92)”. ... I found it interesting how this experiment made me realize where my “personal bubble” began.