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Ethnic Studies 343: Chicano/Latino Studies: Chicano San Diego in the Borderlands has spent the 2018 Spring semester imaging, discussing and creating a covered bus shelter for the community of Logan Heights next to historic Chicano Park in San Diego. Incorporating Participatory Action Research, our class worked with the community to design a bus shelter that would serve as an educational guide telling the history of the park and the Logan Heights community. Students were broken into groups, and each group focused on designing a distinct panel of six. Along with designing the shelter, students reached out to San Diego politicians and lawmakers to learn about the process of requesting and acquiring a bus stop shelter through the Mass Transit Authority of San Diego. The next step will be for ETHN 343 students will be to take their ideas and design to the 48th annual Chicano Park Day and acquire feedback from community members. As students of ETHN 343, we see our project as a way to utilize our educational skills and resources to support and empower the local communities of San Diego and in turn learn from them.
Learning Through Action: Designing a Bus Shelter in Logan Heights
Ethnic Studies 343: Chicano/Latino Studies: Chicano San Diego in the Borderlands has spent the 2018 Spring semester imaging, discussing and creating a covered bus shelter for the community of Logan Heights next to historic Chicano Park in San Diego. Incorporating Participatory Action Research, our class worked with the community to design a bus shelter that would serve as an educational guide telling the history of the park and the Logan Heights community. Students were broken into groups, and each group focused on designing a distinct panel of six. Along with designing the shelter, students reached out to San Diego politicians and lawmakers to learn about the process of requesting and acquiring a bus stop shelter through the Mass Transit Authority of San Diego. The next step will be for ETHN 343 students will be to take their ideas and design to the 48th annual Chicano Park Day and acquire feedback from community members. As students of ETHN 343, we see our project as a way to utilize our educational skills and resources to support and empower the local communities of San Diego and in turn learn from them.