Working with People - Latest Comments

Re: Cecilia Rubino : Collaboration

Giorgia — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:55:55 -0000

In the creative discovery of something beyond yourself, as Rubin says, everybody is responsible. Collaboration is actively sharing not only the creative process but also the responsibility for the same creation.

Re: Katie Salen : Collaboration (& Challenge)

Giorgia — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:47:01 -0000

In such a complex world as it is today, I agree with Salen's awareness of the challenges that collaboration implies. It is of the highest importance to make people understand that collaborations implies overcoming conflicts at first. Collaboration is not the spontaneous result of people getting together.

Re: Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani : Participation

Will Kramer — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:33:36 -0000

As someone who tends to be a quiet person when in class I thought her decision to have students take charge and have to speak up is a very effective way of getting someone to open up. She puts her students in a non tense environment, but as well puts them in a situation where they have to speak up. I think it's as well affective because of like she said it puts them in a situation where it turns into a conversation between people, which makes it more comfortable for someone who tends to be quiet help speak up because it takes that fear away of being put on the spot if that makes sense. Just by having this take place on walks outside with her class is great! It keeps it casual and is a very calming situation. The fact that she can do this kind of exercise and bring it back to her classroom and have it work makes it that much more great! I personally think it's awesome and has been proven in this instance to have a big effect. She has found a great way to help people find their voice and let it be heard by others. Very cool!

Re: Brian Lewis : Representation (& youth media)

Sam — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:31:50 -0000

I really like the concept and execution of this project on a couple different levels. First and foremost, the fact that the teens involved created and curated everything about their individual performances is wonderful. The freedom to create art that is both relevant to the individual and the community working on the larger project in question is very important. If they have complete control over both form and content of their art, the work becomes more powerful than work that may be confined by someone else's standards because it invites a broad spectrum of passion and creativity. That passion and creativity brings a valuable energy to the individual performances, as well as the project in its entirety, that can allow it to better connect and circulate in even larger, extended communities. I also like that these teens used accessible, affordable technology to create a group project in an unfamiliar or unpopular format like a radio show. The passion of their performance on top of this access to power in transforming the typical context and experience of 'boring' media like a radio program allows them and us to see that great art does not necessitate any sort of social or economic hierarchy that is (unfortunately) often imbricated within its current creation and distribution in cities like New York, and Chicago, too.

Re: Sekou Sundiata : Politics

Cashman Ogaus — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:27:24 -0000

I really like how Sekou created this concept of Citizenship Dinner to learn about others that come from different places and different values in life. As the first to go to college in family or even finish school is a huge honor. As a double minority within a new atmosphere I already have this consciousness to do well because I am representing a whole community. My duty as a citizen is to excel the exceptions that society has for me. We come more and more aware of our duties when we learn about one another and know our purpose. Mine is to not be an asset to the downfall of African American not succeeding in life.

Re: Laura Liu : Community (& Place)

Melesa Varela — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:04:13 -0000

Since there is no community without communication, is there other factors that contribute to us not unifying, how can we use this affecting us as community members? Also what is community and who decides if we are unified or not and why?

Re: Eddie Torres : Empathy

Wade — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 06:26:45 -0000

I think the the point Eddie makes about empathy offers a rather unique lens through which we can view design approaches. The mark between empathy and sympathy is important as you cannot design a solution when you place yourself in a position of power over the user you are designing for.

Re: Vyjayanthi Rao : Ethnography

workingwp — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:20:49 -0000

This is a test comment.

Re: Lara Penin : Community

buscada — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:35:20 -0000

Testing the disqus system for WWP