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Foundational Research




Secondary Source Material


The source material primarily focused on organizational design, education, and social wellbeing; adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy and bell hook’s Teaching to Transgress being seminal texts.

Takeaways

  • Organizational wellbeing is at the root of creating an engaged and empowered workforce
  • Designed and structured interactions can promote collaboration
  • Dialogue and discursive spaces promote agency, cross boundaries and reduce anxiety
  • Artifacts are valuable reflection of culture

Interviews


I ran 24 interviews (13 students and 11 professors).  The interviews were informal 30 minute conversations focused on identifying areas of connection and disconnection within the program. By deepening relationships within the RISD community I was able to better understand the attitudes and specific contexts of its members.


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