When creating the concept map for my thesis, I began to realize that I don’t actually have that many actors in my Nextdoor case study. I thought perhaps I should bring in more local organizations like Collins View NET or perhaps the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, but they aren’t as relevant to my study as […]
ENVS 400: Capstone
These posts contain my thoughts and reflections throughout the two semester process of researching, writing, and creating my capstone.
Virtual Third Places: A final synthesis
Below is a copy of my final synthesis post. Although not nearly close to being complete, this final synthesis proved to me how far I’ve come since the beginning of the semester. I can only imagine where I’ll be after another semester of thesis work (well, I actually can imagine it because it will be done… […]
My Nextdoor Collins View Survey!
This week has been so exciting!! I finally got all my questions together and finalized them with Liz. Yesterday I posted the survey link on Nextdoor (restricted to Collins View) and have already gotten almost 30 responses! Seeing as I probably want at least 100 and this initial spike was probably the most traffic my […]
Third Places as a Theoretical Framework
After contacting Prof. Daena Goldsmith upon recommendation from an ENVS colleague, she sent back a plethora of rich resources to look into. Initially my work focused on the role of trusted organizations, with the idea of a third place as a means of further exploration, but in this research I found that actually they are […]
Coming Together: Post-election thoughts and the importance of communities
It has been a tumultuous week in the United States. I am beyond grateful for the safe spaces Lewis & Clark has provided me this past week to process, ask questions, and ponder what steps we can take next year when we enter the workforce. I am also grateful for the serendipitous timing of the […]
Love Thy Neighbor (Or know them, at least)
Here is my draft thesis outline! It was helpful to put all the moving pieces together on paper, and I got to look back on previous projects I’ve done for more references. This week was also my thesis research-in-progress presentation, and I got some helpful feedback from my classmates! One piece of advice was to […]