This article contributes to literatures on sociological by advocating for ‘playing’ with the concept of slow methods. Slow methods include a reflexive disposition towards the unfolding of social life in ordinary spaces (dwelling), the use of drawing as an embodied tool for understanding this unfolding (doodling) and the combination of these approaches into writing which deliberately seeks to evoke the liveness of the social world (describing). It draws on an ethnography of a joint-use public-academic library and several scenes selected from its fieldwork. I make three arguments: first, I argue for analogue methods to compliment digitally focussed live methods. Second, I explore the value of slow methods for being drawn into a scene and drawn to see its micro-happenings, particularly in spaces where the social world unfolds in mundane and uneven ways. Third, I argue the approach allows ‘shy researchers’ to engage attentively and reflexively in the field.

本文通过倡导“玩耍”采用慢速方法的概念，为社会学文献做出了贡献。缓慢的方法包括对在普通空间（住宅）中展开社交生活的反思性处理，将绘画用作理解这种展开（涂鸦）的体现工具，以及将这些方法结合起来以刻意寻求唤起人们生命力的方法。社会世界（描述）。它借鉴了联合使用的公共学术图书馆的人种志，并从其田野调查中选取了一些场景。我提出三个论点：首先，我主张使用模拟方法来补充以数字为重点的实时方法。其次，我探索了将慢速方法绘制到场景中并进行绘制以查看的价值它的微不足道的变化，特别是在社交世界以平凡而又不平坦的方式展开的空间中。第三，我认为这种方法可以使“害羞的研究人员”专心地，反身地从事该领域。