How do we know / evaluate whether a community project has meaning and is worth engaging with?
What is the goal of the project?
who organises it?
In what ways does it help?
Is there a genuine need for the project?
What exactly needs to be done?
Are my skills useful for that specific project?
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How do I get there?
Is it to make profits? If yes, what happens with those profits?
Do we support this project?
How do we know about things that are far away and that we cannot experience directly?
could there be negative consequences if I engage in it?
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have other people had good experiences with this project?
Ethically correct?
a lot of research before actually thinking about doing it
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Social media
Internet research
friends
news reports
documentaries
certain labels
TOK moment:
Ways of knowing
Language
imagination
memory
intuition
faith
needed if you don't know anything about where you will go
emotions
reason
sense perception
Your relation to that project.
the need to have a purpose
Communicating knowledge
A lot of research is needed to determine if the project is “worth“ it.
Consider the ethical implications.
There are many different ways to get information, you have to be careful to get sources that are reliable, such as friends, or official information from the project itself