Our Cabbagetown project...

I am having such a great time working with Mark and Afzal on the Collaborative Research Project. It has been a really challenging assignment, but so nice to have the option to do an 8 - 10 minute doc in place of a paper. Nice to mix things up a bit. We've had the chance to put to use some of the learned documentary planning and research methods that we spent time on in short papers and in presentations. We have made contact with three Cabbagetown residents who are filmmakers, and each is wonderful on camera. What we've found challenging is how much we've had to refine our research question as we go, what with new information uncovering itself from day to day. There are so many different angles we could have taken, but with time an issue and the Ethics Review Board guidelines, we've felt a little held back. However, we've all been enjoying ourselves immensely, and it has been a true learning experience. We'll be taking what we've learned forward as we research our individual projects, that's for sure.