My research and writing family is composed by Jaime, Lakiah and Kathryn. At first I wasn't sure how I would contribute through my discipline for our group project. It took me awhile to understand the purpose of our project and the different perspectives my team members had. Especially since our topic is focused on agricultural and ecological practices (something I have little to no background in). Thankfully, all my family members where really supportive through out the process of making our abstract and proposal. What helped me the most, as most articles we read explained, was that each family member took some time to explain terminology and concepts I was unfamiliar with. Each of us put our best effort to understand or at least relate on some level with our different approaches.
As with every family we sometimes have misunderstandings but until now I believe we have been working really well together. The challenges of interdisciplinary work are very noticeable in our meetings but acknowledging they exist helps the process of getting through them. I have great hope for our project! I feel that as I get to know them better as a person it makes it easier to get where they are coming from and how to deal with conflict of ideas better.
Dear Vanessa,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to see things have worked out with you and your R&W family. As another maths person I can understand the initial frustration! The cohesiveness of your group is inspiring!
Keep up the good work.
I have great hope for your project as well!