Blog Discussion #2

During our last class meeting we shared projects that past classes have done for their OTR Campaign Project. These projects included the OTR People's Movement Timeline and class 'zines. In addition, we described other projects students did in the past. We also showed you the OTR tour book that has recently been published and asked if there was any interest in deriving a project from that. Finally, we gave you time to go out into the neighborhood and pay attention to what you observed, in the hopes that you gain some insight into the community. For this blog discussion, we would like you to share your thoughts regarding past OTR Campaign Projects that students have done, and/or any ideas you might have at this time for a project. Has reviewing any of the past OTR Campaign Projects sparked any ideas for you? Has spending some time observing and interacting in the neighborhood helped you come up with any ideas? Please post a 50-100 word comment. In addition to posting your own 50-100 word comment, we encourage you to post any additional comments you might have to what others in class might say. Please submit your post your comments by our next class meeting, Wednesday, September 25th.

Blog Discussion #1

Early on in the semester it is worthwhile to consider your reactions to what you are learning about OTR. What issues in OTR do you find most intriguing to explore and why? As a class, what do we have to gain through our future inquiries into OTR? Who might directly benefit from our work in the neighborhood? Keep in mind that any of your responses to these questions are bound to be tentative and open to revision. Indeed, there remains a lot of learning to do. However, as a class, it is still good to do an inventory of our various perspectives in preparation for any class project we decide to initiate in the future. Please post a 50-100 word comment. In addition to posting your own 50-100 word comment, we encourage you to post any additional comments you might have to what others in class might say.