Asking Some Questions and Starting Conversations
- How can this site be improved?
- What are the information needs (and the information seeking behaviors) of potential playground users?
- How did children understand the urban environment?
- What are some ways we can move away from car-centric wayfinding in cities?
- How do subjective assessments (this is a good neighborhood/this is a bad neighborhood) impact playground usage?
- How does my own bias impact this project? How can that be understood and removed?
- What does this project reveal about inequity within the city of Chicago? How can that be addressed?
- Who do we name parks after?
- What is the history of urban park design?
- What are the design principles of playgrounds?
- Why do some playgrounds "feel good" while others feel either too isolated or too busy?
- Does this project support the "anti-consumerism" ethos it wants to? Or by highlighting "the best" playgrounds creates a different sort of consumerism?
- How is a website different from google map reviews? How is a website different from social media? Which option is best for getting information to potential playground patrons?
- Could detailed playground data be useful from a park/playground safety perspective?
- Could this data be combined with census data (or other data) to draw interesting conclusions?