To be resourceful is always a prevalent, yet unpredictable, learning opportunity that these kinds of fieldwork programs offer to our students. This year, in particular, we have had some challenging moments when it comes to teaching spaces – not always knowing if we have to hold an impromptu workshop
on the property of one of our collaborators, or if a particular meeting room will be open, if we may just have to teach in a hallway
, or as it happened last week a few times –
in a basement garage (hoping that the owner of that car wasn’t going to have to drive it out!)
Consulting with Jeremias, a local self-taught graphic designer
Yesterday morning, two of our Parsons students and I met with the designer for the municipality, Jeremias. He was actually hired as a computer technician, and has ended up also