NO, PERO WHY?

The Common Room

Around the block



A shared room above a neighborhood bookshop. Schoolwork, shifts and creative plans cross at the same table.



LOOK CLOSER

Observe how a proposed time affects three people with different schedules.



TRY IT HERE

Ask each person what they would need to take part. Do not infer a preference from their age or job.



LEAVE WITH SOMETHING USEFUL

A schedule proposal with one alternative and one unresolved tradeoff.



TAKE IT INTO YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD

Choose a comparable place you can visit safely or describe from memory. Ask before recording people or using their stories. Compare what changes and what does not.



READING

Jeong-Nam Kim and James E. Grunig: Situational theory of problem solving

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01529.x

A prompt for asking about people’s circumstances, not a way to infer someone’s beliefs from their identity.



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