The Rasin Camera

Hello and welcome to another blog post. This post will be dedicated to my first unit for my course titled Light Sound and Time. So far this class is based around the study of light, sound, time and their importance in our everyday lives. This first unit was based on light, so we’ve done research on what it is, and the purposes it serves us. Light itself is an energy source that we use to power certain objects. We also got to learn about the electromagnetic spectrum which is the span of light based on how much energy it produces. We also learned about eyes themselves, how they work, and what purposes they serve for us and other animals. This led us to go to an eye doctor to learn about how to test how effective certain eyes can be. For our first action project this term we were tasked with creating our own pinhole cameras based on what we’ve learned in class.

                                           

"Cardboard 9x12 Pinhole Camera" by svofski is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

A pinhole camera is a camera that’s used to capture light over a small period of time. When a point in the camera is open for a certain period, it’s used to capture an object through light. This can be used to capture almost any object and is essential to see certain images. The insides of the camera are painted all black to make sure no light gets inside of the camera. Once light gets inside, it travels through a piece of paper that creates the picture.

When creating it myself there were many steps in the process. First I needed to find something that it could be created out of which I chose a raisin box. When making one, it's important to find something that can cover outside lights because they can mess up an image very easily. Once I found it, I painted the inside of it black to make sure that no light could get inside the container itself. One issue I ran into was that the top to my container was clear so light could still go through it. This led to me taping it over and then painting it black. Once that part was finished, I then stuck a small hole in the middle of the camera. This allows only a small bit of light to get into the camera itself allowing for an image to be made. The last thing I did was stick tape onto the top covering in the camera itself which allowed for light to only get into the camera during certain circumstances. 

Here's a picture of my pinhole camera below:

"Homemade Pinhole Camera", By RBL, 2023

The insides of the camera are painted black to stop light from getting into the image. The issue being, if too much light gets through a picture will end up showing up as black. If the inside is painted a certain way, it allows for less light to get through and the picture to be more clear. One thing that is interesting with my camera is how it’s affected by the electromagnetic spectrum.

 The electromagnetic spectrum ( EM Spectrum ) is a spectrum of light that shows the span of light based on how powerful they are. Some of the parts of this spectrum are gamma rays, x rays, ultra violet, and microwaves. Some of these light forms are more powerful than others. There's also a part of this spectrum known as the visible spectrum which consists of colors that we can actually see. For us, it goes from purple to red for the most powerful colors. 

Here's a chart that gives the idea:

"Humanly Visible Spectrum" by entirelysubjective is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

This is shown by the process some parts of an image go through to become visible over time. Though the images are black and white, they are visible to us. Another part of this process was dipping each camera in different chemicals to help see the photo. I decided to get a picture of a clear prism because I was curious how a clear object might show up in comparison to a solid one.

Reflection and refraction are two things we've often talked about in class a lot. As a camera, my camera shows refraction because of how it bends in certain ways. Because it's going through the hole on my camera, it allows for light to hit the paper one the inside creating an image.

The key part of this process was making sure that my camera was far enough from my pictures. I also needed specific heights, widths, and distance overall. Here's all of that data below:

Distance from lens to photo paper: 4 inches
Height of pinhole: 3.5

height of the object:10.3
Minimum distance from camera: 7.77

"Pinhole Photo Setup", RBL, 2023

Here's a diagram of how this shows up on a triangle diagram along with how I got each side:

"Triangle Diagram",RBL, 2023 

Theta: Tan-1 (4/3.5) = 48.81 degrees

Right Degree: 90 + 48.81 = 138.81 -> 180 - 138.81 = 41.19 degrees 

Opposites: 

W1 = 4 in

3.5  .  10.3       41.2 = 3.5x

4     .     x    ->   3.5  =  3.5   -> 11.77 = w2 

Adjacents:
H1 = 3.5 in
H2 = 10.3 in

Hypotenuses:

4^2 + 3.5^2 = (Sq Root) 28.25^2 -> 5.31 = C1

10.^2 + 11.77^2 = (Sq Root) 244.229^2 -> 15.64 = C2

Getting the minimum distance:

 

W2 - W1:

11.77 - 4 = 7.77 

When taking pictures, I ended up having enough time to take two pictures with my pinhole camera. For the first one we had our cameras open for 5 minutes. For my second one, I wanted to try leaving it open for a slightly longer period which ended up being for 7 minutes. The thing I had to keep in mind was that the camera itself will see the object in a different way than I do. This can affect how the final image might look depending on how the camera is setup. 

Here's an idea of how my camera saw my object:

"Camera View", RBL, 2023

Here's how both turned out:

"Pinhole Picture 1", RBL, 2023

"Pinhole Picture 2", RBL, 2023

Both pictures ended up turning out this way because of how the chemicals mixed overtime. I did make a mistake of not having both sit in the chemicals as long as they should've so that might've caused this result as well. Even so, the parts that are visible are very clean and it allowed me to get an image of my picture and someone else's. This all turned to to be an interesting experiment.

Overall, I’m really proud of how my pictures came out. It also helped me to appreciate cameras now and understand the ways that they changed since the 1800s. Even with that, it was often a struggle for me to find objects to use for a pinhole camera and had me struggling to find a proper object. The object ended up working in an effective way with the camera which did lead to great pictures. If I were to try this again, I would see if I could use a different shape for my camera and see how that would affect the process. I would also want to see if exposing less light to my photo would produce a different image because I left both my photos out for longer periods of time.

The Forgotten Neighborhood

Hello and welcome to my final action project for my Rhetoric class. This last unit was "Unite" where we talked about how people can come together to challenge or fight a certain force. With that, we looked into the 13 colonies and how they were started. We also looked into Bacon's rebellion and how he was able to unite people together to fight against colonists. Throughout the class we've been looking at housing and the people on both sides of the situation. One side is uniting to fight to make housing more fair, while the other is developing housing in some cases. We had the opportunity to talk to some developers from Sterling Bay who develop housing throughout certain parts of Chicago. For this last Action Project, the goal is to create a form of art that could give a sense about a political issue and inspire people to fight for that issue.

"File:Art of Black Fist (50163805148).jpg" by Andrew Ratto from Berkeley, USA is marked with CC0 1.0.

For this I decided to do two pieces, one of them being a poem. For this I wanted to look into the history of Black Wall Street. As a whole, Black Wall Street it has a lot of history so I wanted to focus on specific parts of it and then look at the other parts of it. Here's my poem below:

Dream to Nightmare 

Where black people could discover 190 means to fulfill their dreams

Black children run with glee through the streets

Watching familiar faces wave from model t’s as they cruise down side roads

Nickels sing from pockets funded by Mother and Father’s allowances

Gummy bears, Tootsie rolls, and Hershey's fill shouting stomachs from Williams Confectionery

Dreamland Theater’s seats give warmth to the children amused by silent motion pictures

Suddenly shrieks shatter dreams block by block

Flames rush through streets, demolishing everlasting wealth and community

Rage fueled by bigotry and hatred burning through bullets and bombs dropped from planes aimed at the darker skin

Hundreds of black lives lost in 18 hours

Greenwood lying in ash and bullet wounds

The smoke leaves fractured

Uncover people lying dead on sidewalks

Racism couldn’t let the residents live free

History books hid the careless carnage

Tombstones trapping The Black Wall Street

"Dream to Nightmare", By RBL, 2022

Explanation:

This poem could possibly be found on a website or in a book based around the history of Greenwood. For a start, Greenwood was a community that was located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was an entirely black run neighborhood that was one of the most wealthy neighborhoods even to today. Their net-worth as a town converted to today is equal to about 2.2 million dollars. One of the reasons for this was because the families who were moving in were all starting their own businesses. That's what the 190 represents in the amount of businesses that were in the neighborhood. At the time, a Model-t was a popular car which a lot of black people had at the time. One thing that was popular in Greenwood was the Dreamland theater. Right next to the building there was a candy store named William's Confectionery. The Williams were one of the most prominent families in the community who own the candy store and the movie theater. A popular thing to do at the time was get a treat and watch a movie.

"Photograph of North Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma" by Unidentified is marked with CC0 1.0.

Then there's a turn into the race riot with the screams and shouts from black people who were running in fear. One of the reasons this happened was because the white people in the community were racist and didn't want to see black people succeed. Another reason this happened was because a black shoe shiner named Dick Rowland was accused of assaulting a white woman named Sarah Page who was an elevator operator. When the white community heard about this allegation they were in outrage and tore Greenwood to the ground. Not only did they shoot through buildings and people, but even used planes to bomb the neighborhood as well. The tragedy left hundreds dead on the street and left their families traumatized. The government decided to hide this history so not a lot of people know about the history of the neighborhood and why it matters.

The second piece I created for this is a T-Shirt. Here are some pictures of it below:

"Rebuild the Joy", By RBL, 2022

This piece is dedicated to Greenwood as a whole. The target being a person who might be looking for something to represent this history. Along with that, someone who might've read the poem and might want to unite with others to raise awareness to the issue and the community that was lost to racism. The names on the black are all places that businesses that were lost in the race riot. All of them were a huge part of Greenwood and a part of what made the community so valuable. The image of the houses on the front are supposed to represent the houses that people might have lived in. Though there are only five businesses on the back of the shirt, there are still some many others that didn't make it through the riot. Part of understanding complex histories is understanding that people were harmed and that there is work that must be done to understand those histories and honor those that were harmed. In my eyes this connects to pathos because it is attempting to draw upon the sadness that people might have when thinking about the history of Greenwood. Using pathos was a intentional choice in this project because I felt that people would be more willing to make choices to prevent the repeating of history if they had an emotional connection to the history.

Overall, I enjoyed working on this action project because it pushed me to look at a history I didn't know to much about. I also enjoy writing so being to incorporate poetry into one of my projects is something that I always like doing. The difficult part of this action project was figuring out how to make the T-Shirt portion of it because it was difficult for me to get my message visually as well as written. The history itself taught about why Greenwood was important and why it's history is still important today. If I were to do this project I might want to research a different issue and why it's important to certain group.

Sources:

Dillahunt, A. A. (2021, June 3). Black Wall Street, collective memory, and reparations. AAIHS. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://www.aaihs.org/black-wall-street-collective-memory-and-reparations/

John and Loula Williams. The Victory of Greenwood. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://thevictoryofgreenwood.com/2020/03/15/the-victory-of-greenwood-john-and-loula-williams/

The williams dreamland theatre in Tulsa, Oklahoma - nitrateville.com. (n.d.). Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31745

A Mask on a Bike?

Hello and welcome to my final action project for my Design and Engineering class. In this unit “Farther” we learned about wheels, pulleys, and other simple machines. We also talked about gears and how they work in different ways. Along with that we talked about Potential and Kinetic energy. Math wise we worked with speed, distance traveled, and acceleration. One Field Experience that stuck out to me was going to Civic Projects. This FE was a whole day FE that we don’t usually have a lot of and we got to talk to architects in the field. This allowed us to see how certain people think through certain problems and design with a sense of empathy. I’m proud of the amount my drawing experiences have improved over the class. In the past, I wasn’t too fond of drawing but, over time I’ve gotten used to drawing simpler pictures. The purpose of this action project is to design a bike that fits a certain person's needs. Different people have different needs, so we need to design them for a specific target and to fit a specific goal.

"Mile End Bike Garage" by xddorox is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Before brainstorming ideas we first had to interview a biker so we could know their process. I decided to interview my Aunt who's been biking for over 40 years so she’s told me a lot about what helps her bike. She taught me that sometimes when biking it's sometimes hard to breath because the user is a constant speed with no stopping point.

I decided to work with my NM on this project. Our user’s name is Napoleón, and they live in Riobamba, Ecuador. Riobamba is known for being a part of the highlands of Ecuador and there are many hills and mountains in the area. Because of that, it makes it difficult to get around with a bike that might be really thin or something that doesn’t help with that process. They also struggle with the air flow in the area and would like to have a bike they can share with some of their siblings from time to time.

"The Ox-Lock Bike", By NM, 2022

The bike NM and I created is the Ox-Lock. It's helpful because it allows for a more efficient way to lock a bike. For Napoleon, one concern that they had was trying to lock his bike up near his school which is in a city area. Because of that, having a lock box which is a box that stores a chain that can be taken out via password. This makes it innovative by allowing the user to wrap the chain throughout the bike and attach it to something lockable without using multiple locks at once. This makes it more convenient when locking and makes it easier to store the bike in public without it getting stolen. Another concern Napoleon had was that the air in Riobamba isn’t the greatest. Because of that we’ve made a mask that’s connected to an air tank at the front of the bike. The air tank allows for the mask to give air straight to Napoleon allowing for efficient air flow. This helps to give Napoleon some air while riding when they might not have as much. When the mask is off, there's a place on the bike where it can be stored and cleaned out.

"Digital Ox-Lock Sketch", By RBL, 2022

Our persona, Napoleon, is one mile away from his school which is 1.6km. For the average person, a mile walk should take around 19 minutes. Biking that amount is around 12 miles per hour. But because Napoleon is on the younger side it might take them a longer time to bike that distance. Because of that we rounded up a little bit for Napoleon's  time. Therefore it should take them 24 minutes to walk to school and  7 minutes to bike from their house to school. Their average speed is around 9 mph and 4 mps.

Here are our calculations below:

Diameter = 28 in
Radius = 14 in
Circumference = 3.14 x 2 x 14 = 87.92 > 88 in
# of Rotations = 63,360 / 88 = 720 rotations

Model diameter: 3.5
Scale: 3.5:28 -> 1/8


Bike Mass: 30 kg
Napoleon’s Mass: 70 kg

Total Mass: 100 kg

EK = ½ x m x 4^2 > ½ x 100 x 4^2 = 800J
Momentum (P) = 100 x 4 = 400kgm/s

"Napoleon on the Ox-Lock Model", RBL and Nm, 2022

Our bike makes more sense with multiple gears because it makes it more convenient for Napoleon to go up certain hills that might take them a while. For their needs, we’re designing this bike for an easier ride on his legs. For Napoleon’s ride, the gear ratios that we’ll be using are 50/34,44/16, 34/30, 28/20, and 24/18. These can allow for Napoleon to have many different options going up and down hills so they can have the best experience. For our model above, our main scale was 10 inches in real life to 1 on the model

From this action project I learned how to design a bicycle on a small scale using certain items. Along with that, creating a bike targeting a specific person in mind and what might go into that. One thing that did make it difficult was designing with an oxygen restriction in mind. In Chicago, oxygen isn’t the biggest issue, whereas in other parts of the globe it’s something a little more prominent. My partner and I overcame this by making something that can fit in multiple environments. Another issue was designing something for a younger audience. Throughout the course we’ve been designing for people who are on the older side and not directly younger. This was one of the first times for me when I’d have to design something for a younger person. If I were to do it again I’d like to see how it might be different if my partner and I had a different persona.

Sources:

Schau, J. (2015, May 15). Gear ratios. what does it all mean? Pure Cycles. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://www.purecycles.com/blogs/bicycle-news/8821967-gear-ratios-what-does-it-all-mean

Wikstrom, M. (2020, December 28). Beyond the big ring: Understanding gear ratios and why they matter. CyclingTips. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://cyclingtips.com/2017/11/understanding-bicycle-gear-ratios-why-they-matter/

Golfing Through School Systems

Welcome to this blog post for my class Par for The Course. This class was based around golfing and seeing how we can golf in creative ways. With this, we’ve had many times in class where we got to create our own golf courses. Some being long, short, or going over certain obstacles. We also went to the Chicago Athletic Association and played golf on virtual screens. This all comes back to our Action Project for this class being to create a golf course that’s based around a certain Sustainable Development Goal. 

56, P. (2008, December 3). School. Flickr. Retrieved November 7, 2022

The Sustainable Development Goal I chose to target was SDG 4, Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. This connects to my work because my neighborhood doesn’t have a lot of good public schools. Most of the students that I know go to private schools in the area like Delasalle, Urban Prep, or Holy Angels. This is because the funding throughout most schools isn’t fair and is vastly spread out throughout Chicago.

RBL. (2022). Golf Course Pictures. 

Here’s how it looks built out: 

RBL. (2022). Golf Course Pictures. 

To begin, the player randomly chooses a pencil from a can. Depending on what color they pick, it will show where they start the course with a sign. I made the par 4 because it might be difficult to complete it in less than 2 or 3 since the stairs have a weird texture. Along with that, there is a hole in one possible, it just depends how the player shoots and how their luck is on the stairs. The course itself can be put up or reconstructed very easily. It mainly comes down to how much space a person might have when setting up and if they have a set of stairs where they are living. At the end of the hole, there’s a QR code that the player can scan before they leave. The QR code leads to an organization named The Chicago Public Education Fund, which helps to fund Chicago public schools that might not get the money from other systems who might need additional funding. When a person finds out about The Fund, they can either donate or promote the fund's message of trying to make a difference in schools.

RBL. (2022). Golf Course Pictures. 

So I thought of this idea for a couple of reasons, one of them being because the stairs are an obstacle I’ve used in the past. The stairs themselves give a sense of levels when I’m playing which I thought was interesting at least and made me think about school systems. From there, I got the idea to make a course based on school funding and the idea that not all schools are treated and funded the same. As a whole, education is a huge topic that is often overlooked by a lot of people. Making this course hit close home to me because most of the schools I went to didn’t have the greatest funding. Even in my neighborhood, most schools' quality and funding aren’t the greatest. This leads to students either going to college and not doing well, or neglected by underpaid teachers who’ve stopped caring about their job. In comparison to other schools in the city, most are blocked out by selective enrollment or being private to only specific people. This led to me using that idea to have a class system on the course’s starting points. One point being easier to shoot from and therefore having better opportunities. While others were forgotten in the past or closed down due to the lack of funding and support. 

 

In closing, working on this action project was something I enjoyed a lot. As a class, golfing was something that I did in the past so I loved having a class based around playing the sport again. Building the course out idea wise was something that did take time for me to get a final idea, but once I figured it out it was smooth sailing from there. One thing that was difficult for me was trying to see a SDG as a whole that could relate to my course. Working with that state I had made it difficult to lay out an idea. If I were to do this project again, I might consider making a course in a different area targeting a new issue. 

 

Building a New Norm

Welcome to my third action project for my Rhetoric class. The focus of this unit was "Challenge."  Throughout the unit, we were asked to challenge the status quo or the norm. The status quo could be found in a household, government, or society. We looked into different documents that explained or challenged the norm at certain times. Some of these being, The Doctrine of Discovery, King Ferdinand's letter to the Arawak, and The Iroquois Constitution. We also went to different non-profit organizations who use rhetoric to challenge the status quo on a daily basis. Some of these being 33rd Ward Working Families and the People's Assembly for the 48th Ward. For this action project, the scenario was to create a canvassing script targeted to change an issue in our neighborhood. The goal being to address a certain audience who is on one side of an issue, and to urge them to at least see the other side of the issue. Like my last action project, I'm choosing the issue of gentrification. In this script, my goal is to target an audience who might think gentrification is a good thing and get them to see the issues behind it. 

Canvassing Image, National Demographic

Here's my Script below: 

Overall, I enjoyed doing this action project because it allowed me to interact with people who have opinions I might not have or who might have different experiences or ideas. It also allowed me to look at non-profits in my community and see how they challenge the status quo in their own ways. It was  difficult for me to hit the word count because I sometimes found it difficult to express my ideas. If I were to do this project again, I might want to target a different issue in Bronzeville like waste, poverty, or racial discrimination. 

Sources:

• 311 service requests - vacant and abandoned buildings reported - map: City of chicago: Data Portal. Chicago. (n.d.). Retrieved November 1, 2022, from https://data.cityofchicago.org/Service-Requests/311-Service-Requests-Vacant-and-Abandoned-Building/d9re-tmpw

• A Blueprint for Bronzeville. Blueprint for Bronzeville. (n.d.). Retrieved November 1, 2022, from https://www.blueprintforbronzeville.com/issues/

• Melstrom, R. T., & Mohammadi, R. (2022, February 1). Residential mobility, brownfield remediation, and environmental gentrification in Chicago. Land Economics. Retrieved November 1, 2022, from https://le.uwpress.org/content/98/1/62.short

• Modi, P. (2022, January 20). Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood gentrifies. The Real Deal Chicago. Retrieved November 1, 2022, from https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2022/01/19/why-bronzevilles-gentrification-may-become-a-model-for-other-chicago-neighborhoods/

 

Rated C for Columbus

Welcome to my first action project for my Rhetoric class. This unit is the first for the class is titled, Suppose. With that in mind we've been doing a lot of thinking into simpler topics, but trying to find the deeper intent from those specific things. This actually being the first action project being given to us on the first day, that being to write a children's book that tells the story of Christopher Columbus. Now this would be simple to do by lying about the story to kids to make it less violent. That wasn't an option here because we had to tell to truth in some type of fashion. To get ideas for the project we went to Harold Washington Library to look at other kids books to see how they share different information. When I came back to make mine, I didn't want to draw mine out because it's not my strong suit. This led to me setting it up in a slideshow. I also wanted to make this be a poem because it's more of my thing.

Here's my finished book below:

 

The Better Glove

Hello and welcome to my second action project for my class, Design and Engineering. 

This unit is based on learning about tools that we use on a daily basis and how they can be applied in different ways. We also talked about the design process which was something I enjoyed observing. Overall, I learned how to apply the design process by watching other people use it to develop new products. I saw that this process sometimes changed how things worked. We also looked into tools, how they are built, and the different purposes they serve. Empathy was also a big focus in the unit. It is important to learn to design things with a bigger audience in mind because a lot of designs are built for a certain type of people and leave other people out of the equation. With empathy, the goal is to understand how people with various needs look at things. I want to design products that also fit their needs.

"tools" by ndrwfgg is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

To understand this concept, we talked to a designer who applies empathy into her designs on a daily basis. Leading to the action project to design a tool that helps senior citizens who want to garden but might have certain constraints because of their age. Senior citizens are a unique group because they don’t have as easy of a time completing certain tasks compared to people in their twenties. Even though they may have physical limitations, they might also have more insight because they have many experiences. Before creating a design, I first had to interview a gardener so I could understand how they might use tools to garden. One quote that I got from the interview was, "Though I don't have to use too many tools for gardening, it would be helpful to have specific things that served multiple uses in one". After doing the interview, I had to choose what tool to improve. I chose to work with my friend PC. The tool that we chose to improve is gardening gloves.

"Katie's New Garden Gloves Purchased at the Chelsea Flower Show" by Huron Tours & Travel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Now a lot of the common gloves used in gardening have similar features. They all cover the user's hands from dirt in some way. With that in mind, sometimes the material used is not the best. They are all similar in price and design.

Here's a sketch of our design below:

 

"3 in One Sketches", PC, October 2022

With those things in mind, we began to brainstorm different designs that might be more effective than the average glove. This led to the creation of the All in 2, a glove that serves multiple uses instead of just covering up the user's hands. This glove has webbing in between each finger making digging an easier process giving the user the ability to scoop dirt or moss with their hands. Along with that, it has an option to store seeds in a pocket on the glove. These few features can help senior citizens garden in a more effective way. The All in 2 has multiple ways that can be used. There's also a solid leather and canvas material which makes doing the work more efficient. There’s also a velcro strap that makes sure dirt doesn’t get inside of the glove.

Here's a storyboard that shows what a user's process might look like:

"All in 2 Storyboard", by RBL, October 2022

The gloves are more efficient than other gloves because of the fact they can cover the hand and arm from getting dirty. With a lot of gloves, the wrists are somewhat exposed on the bottom, but  the velcro strap prevents that from happening. Another reason this glove is more effective than the average glove is because most are made of flimsy materials which can make them only last a few uses. Compared to the one that we made, the materials are better quality which will help them to last longer than the average brand. A lot of gardeners sometimes struggle to bend down with a shovel in order to get to a certain surface. With the webbing on the gloves, bending down is made a little bit easier and not as much of a struggle because the user controls how they want to dig with the gloves.

Here's the measurement of the gloves below:

"Vector and Simple Machine explanation" by PC and RBL, October 2022

To get the arm measurements, PC measured her hand with measuring tape to get the radius and height. We then found the equation for the volume and surface area of the arm and applied it to our equations. The volume came out to be 1,130 square inches and the surface area being 603 square inches. Out of the simple machines we learned, the All in 2 is best used as a lever. The user's hands are meant to be used like a shovel. It comes out as a class 3 lever because of the fact the inputs are a part of the wrist. Along with that, when someone is digging with the gloves, the main parts change from the fulcrum being the arm, the input being the gloves, and the output being the webbing.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed working on this action project. Doing the drawings for me was difficult because I don't draw a lot and I'm not used to doing visuals. It was also difficult to find a vector and measurement for the arm because it can vary for different sizes. Along with that, connecting the simple machines aspect was hard to apply because of the fact it doesn't correlate in the best way. Having a partner to help work out these challenges made developing the glove simpler to manage which was really important. If I were to do this again, I might want to tackle a different tool and see how I could make it better than the average type. I hope that this tool can help to make gardening an easier experience for people who have trouble using their hands. I'd like to use empathy to help me develop other tools in the future.

What’s your school like

This post is based around a fair that I did to talk about GCE. So the high school fair was a pretty good experience. I used to be in a lot of these students so I enjoyed helping them find their path. Along with that, I’m not used to talking about the school to people that often, so doing that was enjoyable.

A Change in Community

Hello! Welcome to my second action project for my Rhetoric class. Rhetoric is the process of using forms of speech like talking or writing in an effective way. This unit was titled, “Suppose.” We did a lot of digging into what rhetoric means and how it can be applied in distinct ways. We learned about different parts of the rhetorical toolbox and how to apply those parts to various situations. The rhetorical tool box is different parts of speech that might help to get a message across. Some of the parts of it are pathos, which appeals to an audience through emotions. There’s also logos, which use logic to appeal to an audience. Lastly, there’s ethos, which helps to make someone credible by presenting a certain background.

We were able to see some of these things applied when we watched an alder meeting on a zoom call. We then chose a main topic for the class, that being housing. With housing in mind, we had many contrasting conversations on how we are affected by things like gentrification. For those who aren’t informed, gentrification is the process where a lower income area is changed by higher income residents moving in. We also got to go talk to a developer who has been working in real estate. For this action project I was assigned to create a flier that convinces the viewers to bring up housing issues to their alders.


Here’s my flier below:

For my flier, I decided to target a neighborhood close to my heart, Bronzeville. Gentrification is something that affects the entire neighborhood in multiple ways. The issue is not as publicized as it should be, which leads to most of my audience not knowing about what’s happening in their communities. Some people in the neighborhood may know how their rent is impacted by their income. The issue is they don’t know how affordable their rent could’ve been in the 1990's compared to how expensive it is now. Pathos is based on appealing to a person’s emotions and how they may think. With that, I tried to appeal to some forms of emotion by making the last message heartfelt and making the audience notice the issues at hand. This is something that I represent on my flier with the two main statistics which appeal to logos. Finally rounding off in the corner with the contact information of Bronze ville’s alders. This can help make this issue more known for people who might not be too informed.


Sources:

A documentary film. Blueprint for Bronzeville. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://www.blueprintforbronzeville.com/issues/

Bloomberg. (2012, December 31). How black gentrifiers have affected the perception of Chicago's changing neighborhoods. Bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-31/how-black-gentrifiers-have-affected-the-perception-of-chicago-s-changing-neighborhoods


Hourie, I. (2022, September 2). Bronzeville's revival is here to stay. The Real Deal Chicago. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2022/02/16/chicago-betting-bronzeville-revival-is-here-to-stay/amp