Reading the City

Due to conflicting schedules, our group wasn't able to meet up this weekend to complete our assignment :( However, we plan on going to Greenlake on Tuesday evening to "walk around a block" or two or three. Our research question relates to immigration and I'm not sure that we will be able to look at immigration issues specifically but we plan on using the time to learn how to slow down and open up to what is happening around us. We will start out just kind of wandering around, taking in the people and interactions around us and then find a spot to sit and observe to goings-on. John mentioned bringing his camera along so that we can keep a record of our observations. Probably what we would most like to get out of this project is a feel for how to observe and read people without necessarily entering a dialogue with them because it could be a great asset when we actually get to Amsterdam. I will be updating this plan and posting our findings on Tuesday so stay tuned!