As much as I tried not to be distracted by the argument that happened last week, I I couldn’t avoid feeling very tired. However, the atmosphere in our group was great, everyone was very supportive and friendly, and this really helped me a lot. Although there was no obvious role for everyone, everyone was willing to through their ideas into our “carrier bag”. Our methodology developed naturally, and all decisions and discussions moved forward very naturally. There were no conflicts or disagreements, and I believe that mutual respect is the most important factor for a harmonious atmosphere.
The last week is about presentation and communication. Our project is moving forward in a creative messy way. Tina Cook explores the concept of embracing “messiness” in action research processes. So even though too much information led to an unfinished end to our project, I still enjoyed the process. We’re all a little confused about how to end our project and presentation, we kind of turned it in to a Frankenstein.
5 points that encapsulate the whole project:
- The future of work scenario
- Primary research of the interviews for delivery drivers
- Secondary research of the delivery history4
- Criticism reflection
- Collaboration
This project was meaningful and challenging for me in many ways. I am fresh to London, so finding and interviewing delivery workers on the streets made me feel more connected to the city. During the interviews, we were all in a very friendly state. This made us eager to communicate with each other even though we had some language difficulties.
I find cultural difference plays a very important role in the whole group work. Our group members came from different countries and we had more perspectives, which gave us more opportunities to interact with immigration delivery workers and Chinese delivery workers. Also in future scenarios, we would like to focus on people having access to cuisines of different countries, our differences provide a diversity of ideas and help the project to be innovative.
