This project consisted of ethnographic and visual fieldwork studying four coffee shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. Research focused on spatial reconfiguration for health considerations and customer actions in response. We observed what we identify as modified normalcy. The images in this essay illustrate our findings on entering potentially unsafe spaces, managing the flow of customers, limited efforts at contact tracing, modified seating arrangements, and new expectations for customers. We find that there is a default to create seemingly safer, but still comfortably distinct places for consumption and social interactions.

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咖啡 + COVID：人、地点和流行病

该项目包括在 COVID-19 大流行期间研究四家咖啡店的人种学和视觉实地考察。研究的重点是出于健康考虑和客户响应行为的空间重构。我们观察到我们认为是修正的常态。本文中的图像说明了我们在进入潜在不安全空间、管理客户流量、有限的接触者追踪工作、修改座位安排以及对客户的新期望方面的发现。我们发现有一个默认设置，即为消费和社交互动创造看似更安全但仍然舒适的独特场所。