Designing a Place-Based Inquiry
This work is place-based.
In this field inquiry, I chose locations deliberately, am learning enough about their cultural and historical context to orient what I’m seeing, and moving through them as both participant and observer.
The field notes will later form a set of essays.
The following notes come from my journal, “Designing a Place-based Inquiry”, where I am documenting the questions, decisions, and discoveries involved in building my first long-term inquiry.
What started as a 90 day field inquiry in West Africa has grown into a year-long project across the five regions of the continent. The proposed itinerary includes: Senegal, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissua, Uganda, Rwanda, Namibia, Botswana, Morocco, and Ethiopia.
The questions are the same. The scope has changed.
Questions, connections, or just want to talk about the work? Find me here: Tracy
Volunteering
Volunteering. When you’re planning a long-term stay like this, you start to think about what your days are going to entail.
Life in Place
Expenses at home. I woke up the other night, grabbed a pen and paper, and wrote car insurance on it.
Getting started
A few weeks ago I shared that I am designing a 90-day residency in West Africa and the process itself is worth documenting for anyone considering a place-based inquiry of their own. This is not a trip.