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Continuing my Research – Participatory Water Citizenship in Peru
While reading about Mexico City’s water crisis, I came across a little ray of hope that I wish I found…
Continuing my Research – Looking at Mexico City
Thanks to the help of some CMU SoA professors, I’ve been feeling confident enough to continue my research, to the…
Ramblings for a Thesis IV
How can micro-placemaking address the lack of access and awareness to urban infrastructure and natural resources? A myriad of…
Ramblings for a Thesis III
Since we last spoke, I have been mapping Pittsburgh’s social, economic, and demographic data to understand which neighborhoods would be…
Learning from Love Canal
A Community Analysis at the Heart of the Superfund Era Environmental health has been a highly debated topic since the…
Hydro Fictions: Commoning Strategies for Water Literacy and Place-making
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Coopelluvia and A Guide
The following are notes to help think and create a series of steps to follow when creating my thesis. It…
Ramblings for a Thesis II
In an attempt to help formulate a thesis proposal and develop our ideas, our professor, Stefan Gruber, gave us a…