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| We are the Explorers! (L-R: Me, Rozita from India, Meivis from Albania, Ruth from Ghana, Snow from China, and Angelina from Tanzania) |
For our first study session (last Tuesday) all of Working Group (WG) 5 gathered in one room, but each smaller study group huddled at different tables to discuss the assigned article separately. There will be session where WG5 will discuss in plenary with Carolina or any of the mentors, and times where we were to discuss among our study groups independently. To streamline our discussion flow, guide questions have been given beforehand by our mentor Carolina. Our group coordinator, Meivis, (or as we've decided, the facilitator of the day, a role which shall be rotated between us) will then report back to Carolina our key discussion points.
So, of course, going in, we all should've already read the assigned reading -- Who plans the African city? A case study of Maputo: part 1–the structural context (2015) by Andersen, Jenkins and Nielsen -- and had already answered the guide questions beforehand.
Plus, you have to say those
learnings out loud, communicate, explain to the group -- as how group study session goes... which I don't really know, because -- my first time... yay! (But did I mention that I used to teach undergrad architecture and related disciplines? Helpful.)
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| There was a noted tentativeness in the discussion... |
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| ...but all around a very good start for one between practical strangers. |
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| Carolina was there at the first session. |
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| And dropped by very briefly at the 2nd session (Thursday) to quickly address one important concern: that while she is our mentor, her role is essentially really just a facilitator as such she may not necessarily be able to help us with the readings as not all are within the purview of her expertise. (That's my interpretation of what she said; her explanation was, in fact, more matter-of-fact.) |
