What are your goals & objectives for the project?
To find out more about this neighborhood. I have never really spent much time in this area of chicago. I don't really know anything about the South Chicago neighborhood accept that its dirty and full of poverty and the projects. But this particular neighborhood I am not quite sure of. I want to get to understand the area a little better. Maybe make some comparisons to it from the west side, since i am very farmilliar with that area.
Which guiding question do you want to focus on?
The guiding questions I would like to focus on are:
* What is the relationship between the realities and perceptions of a community, among what communities are, what they believe themselves to be, and what they wish they were?
* How are the images and imagination of a community generated?
* How does the power of imagination affect the reality of the present?
What is your suggestion for involving people from the neighborhood in your project?
Maybe we could interview someone. Ask them some questions on how they feel in their neighborhood, how they like it, how they think others interput them, Etc.
What do you want your audience to get from the project?
We are making a cookbook. Not only will their be recipies that belong to the general population in the neighborhood, but i would also like to involve meaningful recipies on culutre, poverty, what makes a neighborhood, its migration, and more. Havent really thought about it too much but i will on Monday.
What specific skills do you bring to this group?
I am quite farmilliar with chicago. That might help a little. Also i can think very creativley and hopefully our cook book will be a hit.