A picture of foot reflexology, aren’t feet interesting?
Today we had a lecture on “cultural probes” as a research method. Basically little activities to engage with people to try and get some kind of valuable research for a project. At first I was skeptical as my probes last year gave little value but after taking to Jayne Wallace (the lecturer) and Pete Thomas (one of my tutors) I’ve come up with what I hope will be fun, useful activities. My probes are geared to emotion & sensations you can get from bare feet or the movement of your feet. The only problem I’m finding is finding people from my exploration groups to contact and speak to. However I did just post a bunch of ads on Gumtree so if you’re reading this having seen my ad & followed the link, PLEASE HELP! I am going to make my probes electronically accessible so no one has to give out home addresses if they don’t want to as probes are physical objects. I am also going down to visit the Dundee road runners this Thursday and try and recruit some of their members. I’ve contacted the uni dance society and continuing to search the internet for forums and discussion groups on shoes. I’m quite enjoying this project. I’ve added “Work extremely hard” to my personal “to do” list.
wish me luck!
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