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Capstone, At the heart of Design Thinking is the intention to improve…

- - - - If you could change one thing about humanity that would ensure that we all survive and thrive in the future, what would it be and why?
        
        To find a way for people to feel more open, optimistic, and creative. The desired result is to have less conflict ("openness") and possess the optimism and creativity to tackle big world issues. This is not a solution that will immediately save lives, end war and world hunger, but the hope is that there is a general shift in the norms, with cynicism and pessimism declining.
      - How might current and/or future technology help us realize this change?
        
        psychedelics has been used for a long time, like thousands of years. But it not widely used (illegal in the US). If large studies can be done that prove that it is safe, and had these desired effects, other public health studies might be needed to understand specific doing and distribution. To test and distribute on a large scale will require technology.
      - What does available research say about your proposed approach?
        
        Research is limited (small studies, anicdotal evidence, attempts to aggregate studies that used too many different combinations of drugs) due to the highly regulated nature of psychedelics, but from mircordosing seems to have positive effects based on the information available.
      - How will we grapple with the potential challenges to this vision?
        
        The final vision is to distribute a drug that is not well studied on a massive scale. New drugs are testing on healthy people-will the designed to see how the drugs will interact with common (and uncommon!) co-morbidities. Can the substance be proven to be as safe as any over-the-counter medication? There will also need to be a "cultural shift" so that people see the value in these treatments. There will be a lot of challenges.
  - - - Explain that further reasearch is needed, that will be a massive undertaking.
      - distribution will be a complicated
      - Overview of the seemingly good data related to psychedelics , maybe a little history.
      - What types of problems would it solve, though? Give some examples of problems that could use a dose of optomism and creativity to solve.
    - - (need clarification on what this means)
    - - I personally am struggling with moving beyond the limitations of my anxiety. IDK if I would want to include that in this project, though.
      - So much is needed for this specific thing to work (support from government, support for R&D), and I don't have the interest or skills to work in this field exactly, but generally being open to new ideas that can help myself and others make the world a better place.
    - - No answer for this one
- - - - Inspiration which involves understanding the problem, question, or situation
        
        What do I feel passionately enough about that I would want to spend time researching
        
        Understanding the assignment- what makes something a "positive obsession"
        
        What do I want to not only share information about, but also learn more about
      - Empathy, which includes relating to the wants or needs of those connected to the problem
        
        I chose a facet of reproductive justice-so I wanted to share from a POV of someone who is empathetic toward the variety of experiences people have.
        
        I also wanted to have the right tone for the material, in order to be respectful of people who may be listening not out of choice (group mates).
      - Ideation, which supports convergent and divergent thinking. This ranges from approaches that encourage people to brainstorm and think outside of the box to choosing the best out of available options that work toward a common goal.
        
        I found my project to be flat at first. I choose to call a friend during my podcast, as an out of the box element, initially to add 'texture'
        
        This phone call meant that I had a primary source, which set my podcast apart from other podcasts or videos which might be about the same topic. Even if there are overlaps in information and research
      - Implementation and Prototyping, aka testing which concretizes the results from the ideation process and offers an object, artifact, or example product that can be tested, evaluated, shared, and refined.
        
        In prototyping I realized I needed to make my project more concise. I tried to tell too much of a story with it- not the time to say everything interesting I ever learned
        
        I initially included a lot of stuff in my podcast that wasn't necessary. It took posting my coggle map for my team, and listening to it a bunch, for me to realize that there were parts that were weak and that I didn't think I would want for my name to be on, out in the word,
- - - - Rosie Jimenez is considered to be the first casualty of the Hyde Amendment, which was passed a year prior, but enacted in 1977. This is the law that says that tax dollars can’t pay for abortions, except in rare cases. The amendment was authored by Henry Hyde, who enacted it explicitly to prevent people from being able to obtain abortions. Hyde said he wished he could prevent all women from getting abortions, and he regretted that he could only limit abortions for people on medicaid.
    - - In 1977, a 27 year old woman named Rosie Jimenez, passed away in a hospital in McAllen Texas. She was six months away from earning her teaching credentials, and had the tuition check written. Like the 59% percent of people who obtain abortions (2014 data), Monique Jimenez was five when her mother passed away. In a 2018 interview, she called her mother’s death tragic, and unnecessary, but is proud that Rosies legacy lives on in the work of “abortion funds and grassroots organizations working to repeal laws that kept her and so many from accessing a safe abortion procedure”.
    - - Because of the Hyde Amendment, 7.5 million women in the US have to pay out of pocket if they need an abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, three and a half million of these people live below the federal poverty line, which means they are less likely to have savings to cover the cost.
        Organizations like Women’s Medical Fund serve to close the gap between the cost of an abortion, and the amount that patients are able to come up with on their own. Abortion funds are kind of a niche cause, and can’t keep up with demands. One in four people on medicaid who seek an abortion are unable to secure funding, and end up having to continue their pregnancy to term.
        So, I am a member of the National Network of Abortion funds, and participate in their yearly flagship fundraiser as well as Women’s Medical fund’s biannual fundraising events. I’m not involved with them, like on an administrative level, but my household makes a point to support them.
        Reproductive Justice is really important to me, but it’s one of the many things that make me really aware of my economic privilege. Because I’m no longer living paycheck to paycheck, and I have a pretty good life here in Philadelphia, I feel like it’s my obligation, to support and spread the word about abortion funds.
    - - At any income level, if you become pregnant, you have to make a decision-is this a pregnancy you can and want to carry, or do you not want to be pregnant anymore. Choosing to continue a pregnancy carries a bunch of risks, even to people who are generally healthy.
        There is a really interesting study that came out, called the Turnaway study, which followed participants with undesired pregnancies for five years. Half the participants had abortions, and the other half carried their pregnancies to term, having been denied an abortion. The people who were able to discontinue their pregnancy were better off 5 years later, in measures like physical and mental health, financially, and in their relationships.
        The researchers relied mostly on participant interviews, but also pulled data like credit reports. It was really fascinating. Many participants ended up having desired pregnancies in the 5 year time frame, when it made more sense and when they were with someone who they wanted to parent with. The study used a validated scale called the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire, which has questions like “I feel happy when my child laughs” and found that people who were denied an abortion were less likely emotionally attached to their children than people who had a wanted pregnancy after an abortion. I'm repeating this finding because It think it was one of the more unexpected parts of the study.
        What I love about this study is that the efforts that the researchers went to to prove or disprove a lot of assumptions and the rhetoric surrounding Stuff like, being denied an abortion is generally more worse for mental health than receiving one. If you are interested in the topic, it’s been published as an excellent book, but there's also a really good Fresh Air episode with the study doctor, Diana Greene Foster, and she gives a lot of the highlights.
    - - per Marco-add in more of a personal connection-participating fund raising.
    - - Explain how not everyone gets funding
- - - - “the practice of oratory;”
        
        “the study of the strategies of effective oratory;”
        
        “the use of language, written or spoken, to inform or persuade;”
        
        “the study of the persuasive effects of language;”
        
        “the study of the relation between language and knowledge;”
        
        “[and] the classification and use of tropes and figures”
      - Theory of digital rhetoric -Zappen
        
        Strategic use of rhetoric in production of digital text
        
        Identifying characteristics, affordances, constraints of new media
        
        Formation of digital Identities
        
        Branding?
        
        Building social communities
    - - Intentionality AND Acceptability
      - Informativity
      - Coherence
      - Situationality
      - Cohesion
  - - - use a digital tool for something other than its express purpose or function
        
        Dieting App
        
        _ [a sentence or fragment between 10 and 20 words, a bit more bizarre or obscure than the previous one] _
        
        Using pictures, like Pictograms, to convey ideas?
        
        A text from a different perspective, like the "House Hunters Episode"
        
        _ [a sentence or fragment between 10 and 20 words, a bit more bizarre or obscure than the previous one] _
        
        Taking the idea of a picture, or the idea of the perspective, and adding an element that can be created in analog, or a digital idea transferred into analog, and then again, into digital (because it has to be turned in digitally)
    - - Quotes
        
        Cottom twitter
        
        Pull Cottom Quote from video
      - Relates it to MFP
      - Describes the Cottom peice
        
        TMI- Sift and sort information
        
        Social media vs old forms
        
        What's coming to you, vs what you seek
      - Discusses balance
        
        over the age of 18, you likely spend upwards of 10 hours a day interacting with media according to Neilsen's 2018 total audience report.
  - - - Creates a mixed-media artifact that responds critically to a chosen text
      - Employs techniques relevant to interpreting the medium and message
      - Addresses the prompt and offers personal reflection and discovery