Jeremy Griffith - Transborder Immigrant Tool

1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project?

Immigrants trying to cross the U.S. border were perceived to be in need of support.

2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project?

The poor treatment of "illegal immigrants" and the problematic American immigration laws.

3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content?

A GPS app that had poetry and led people to water.

4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that were invested in the project?

Ricardo Dominguez, UCSD, Border Angels, Water Station Inc.

5. AUDIENCE: For whom was this project conceived?

People trying to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S.

6. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES: How were the stakeholders, audiences, and others engaged/connected to the project?

There was media outrage and committee investigations instigated by the project.

7. GOAL: What are this project's objectives?

To assist people crossing the border. To provide them with poetry and water. To highlight a serious environmental/social issue with the power of art.

8. VALUES: What were the project's guiding values or core beliefs? How were they expressed in the process?

Honestly I was a bit confused about this one. A lot of the terminology used was very unfamiliar to me and I don't quite understand the metaphysics being discussed.

9. RESOURCES: What tangible and intangible resources were used to pursue the project's goals?

Tangible: Water, technology, devices, app, UCSD, the artists, legal knowledge

Intangible: Tenure, an institution's protection, a relationship with the community, a passion for people coming here from Mexico, empathy, courage

10: OUTCOMES: What were the results of this project?

Many immigrants were given aid and poetry. The right confirmed the power of art.

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