I spent the entire day doing one of my favorite things: creating and formatting documents (both the health brochure and the Alexandra in the Park flyer- this was designed by someone else). Some days I think I should have gone to design school…pesky social conscience. The brochure looks really great and I think will be a huge benefit to the community. And it is something so simple and design oriented. I can’t believe that no one picked up on this theme. I’m really glad that my research partner and I decided to disengage with the GS and work on this project alone.
This evening we had and Alex group meeting (all fifty of us) and nothing got accomplished. There are definitely factions among the group and they usually fall along the designer v. social scientist lines. There was an objection to calling the Alexandra in the Park an event and then an objection to calling it a gathering. I think the suggestion was ‘Global Studio Fun Day’. Then we had to try and get the designers to understand why we were having cultural events (performances). They couldn’t seem to wrap their minds around the fact that no one would come to an event/gathering if there were a bunch of designers talking about their ideas. You obviously need a hook to get the community involved. Not to mention it would be nice to thank the community that has helped us so much.
We’ve reached the point in the trip where interpersonal communication has begun to break down and common courtesy is not so common anymore.
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