The Q+A
Which conceptual framework did you use for your research and why?
How does your specific identity and life experience impact the research?
What are the values and principles behind your research?
Which specific ethical considerations are central to your research?
How does your project apply Indigenous theory?
Why is your presentation like this?
Researcher Preparation
What were your academic and personal motivations for the research?
Whom do you consider key stakeholders in this project? Who were some of the co-researchers on this project?
Who and what were some big outside influences on your work?
Could you tell me a little more about yourself?
What’s your educational and professional background?
Where do you call home?
Who do you call family?
What are some of your core values?
Why did you decide to come back to school for landscape architecture?
Who’s a good boy?
Research Preparation
Where did the idea for this project come from?
What were your research questions? And what were you hoping to discover?
Which research methods did you use or consider using? Which ones were most useful?
What’s unique about the site? What opportunities and constraints are present?
Gathering Knowledge
What/who is Everyone Village (EV)?
How have you been involved at EV?
What’s the history of the EV site?
What is trauma?
What does it mean to be “trauma-informed”?
Why is it important to talk about trauma in relation to homelessness and transitional housing?
What is “trauma-informed design”? Could you explain your framework?
How can trauma-informed design be applied in landscape architecture? And in the context of transitional housing?
What are your design goals and objectives given the site and circumstances?
What are your design principles?
Meaning Making
How were your design goals, objectives, and principles expressed through your designs? Which components are trauma-informed?
What did you discover? What are your big takeaways from this process?
Did anything surprise you?
What would you have done differently?
How has your process changed over time?
Giving Back
What were your design outcomes? What were your process outcomes?
What did gaining consent look like in your process?
Who played a large role in this project that you’d like to recognize?