in class
presentations of research summary & problem / question statements
natalie phillips, the communication coordinator for the MEC [metropolitan energy center], will be present to hear and discuss your initial ideas.
each student will have a max of 8 minutes total – 4 to present and 4 for feedback.
don't forget to email me a pdf before noon on wednesday sept 10. filename "lastname_firstname-problemStatement.pdf"
i will email these documents to the team at the metropolitan energy center as a way to keep them abreast of your projects and start the process of making community connections and other possible referrals.
new work for next class
read this week's readings for friday, located in "readings for sept 13 discussion"
projects: begin conducting primary and secondary research in any form you can until you get connected with other groups or individuals in the community that might assist you in co-designing your project. make good use of your time understanding the problem at its core and, related, the issue behind the issue – what factors are driving the thing you are looking at? you can discover this by repeatedly asking a simple “why?”. look at the intricate nature of your problem’s connections to other problems. look at it in the macro and micro. take a step outward and consider the context[s] in which your problem is sitting.
all students have full freedom to contact people related to your problems on your own and are encouraged to do so. as stated above, this can be folks within MEC, a related non-profit, or audience members that are affected by the issue you are examining.