September 11, 2014
After finishing our methods chapter we dove right into updating our background. Who knew our project had so many complexities? I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by the amount of sources we have read and annotated the past two days. Our original background was fairly solid, but now we are diving deeper into our topics. I am reading more sources on behavior assessment, observation analysis, engagement in science centers, engaging all audiences, wild tourism, conservation psychology, etc., not to mention all the sources my teammates are researching. I am beginning to understand why video games take years to develop.
On the bright side, even though we are working hard we still found time to meet up with some other group members for lunch at Panera Cares. While finding our way around Boston, me and Elior stumbled upon crews filming for Ted 2 (they even asked us to be extras!). I'm thinking we need a few more lunchtime adventures in Boston, you never know what you're going to find around the corner!
A different view of the aquarium from the BHC ship
I may have been a bit too excited about my most recent purchase...
Look at them preparing for our sponsor meeting!
We learned a lot this week from the several interviews we conducted and from our sponsor meeting. At one point, the comment was made that the metaphor where the ocean is like our heart and circulatory system. We are looking at a broader perspective that if you help the ocean you will in turn help the right whales. Maybe that is part of our research problem, we want to solve all the world's problems. We want people to care about right whales, and to do that we have to show that everything is connected. We have to show that right whales belong to the ocean, and the ocean belongs to the world, and that we all belong to the same world.
-Kady
