{"id":359,"date":"2016-09-20T22:25:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev-the-digital-silk-road.pantheonsite.io\/?p=359"},"modified":"2016-09-20T22:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:25:26","slug":"kashi-ing-up-to-kashgar-developing-stages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/team-tongue\/kashi-ing-up-to-kashgar-developing-stages\/","title":{"rendered":"(Kashi)-ing up to Kashgar: Developing Stages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buenas noches,
\nHope you’re doing well!
\nJust imagine: flower-pot tandoor, homemade naan, first person narrative, interactive table, beautiful spiraling maps.
\nThis is a sliver of the creative ideas the Tongue group has fabricated. Since bonding over food we\u2019re feeling much more comfortable around each other and more open to brainstorming ideas.
\nZach is still developing his idea to make a cheap tandoor oven. Apparently the cheapest way is about $200, but that\u2019s still too much for our budget. We\u2019ve discussed getting a club, perhaps the Asian Cultures or International Club, to sponsor the project and then donate it to the college. I\u2019ve personally thought of cooperating with the Bonner Food Market or the Farm in some way..perhaps they could incorporate a tandoor into their efforts to diminish hunger. We want our final presentation to coincide with a meal that we prepare ourselves, with fabulously timed tea pouring skills.
\nThus far, we\u2019re all slightly frustrated. We\u2019ve done research and brainstormed ideas, but feel as if we don\u2019t know the destination to hone in on. We\u2019ve done loads of research, but feel like it\u2019s not making much progress towards our goal. Even after the sessions with Rachel I\u2019m still slightly overwhelmed by the myriad of sources, but plan to meet with her to narrow them down. Additionally Eric\u2019s and Zhihong\u2019s remarks about unapologetically honing in on a narrow topic, as long as you discuss that there are other factors and topics left untouched, are valuable.
\nI feel like the whole group is stuck in a limbo where the deadline simultaneously feels far away but the work feels urgent.
\nSome productive work we did was on story maps. We discussed multiple story map ideas, like \u00a0following the experiences of a traveler leading to a culminating meal, each of us embodying a person along the way, or focusing on a virtual table. We were fond of the first idea, but decided that it would limit our ability to highlight histories and processes that the traveler themselves wouldn\u2019t experience. Therefore we thought it would be really intriguing and unique take on the persona of \u201cmiddle-men\u201d in Kashgar. \u00a0To keep to his research themes of spices and livestock, Chris would be a shepherd, butcher, merchant, or perhaps a cycle through all three. Zach would be a cook or street vendor to focus on beverages and cooking. To illuminate cooking equipment, utensils, and clay Billie would be a potter or metalworker. We even found a real 7 year old potter from the region named Anwar Ali!!! And finally to manifest how eating relates to culture and customs I\u2019d be a homeowner, or the one hosting a guest. \u00a0As for the table idea, Billie suggested that we make the table holding our meal the focal point of our map, and zoom out from each dish to our respective research.
\nHere’s our expert sketches and ideas:
\n

\"Tentative
Tentative Story Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n
\"Roles\"
Roles<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOur narrative ideas are currently limited by our lack of knowledge of the StoryMap site. We\u2019re not sure how much information we can place at one point, or how the different points link together. Luckily we’re going to have a class session on it soon.
\nThe final update is that we\u2019re planning to meet weekly at 9:00 on Mondays, to keep a consistent schedule.
\nHopefully that was coherent enough to communicate our progress! Thank you for reading!
\nRegards,
\n-Delaney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Buenas noches, Hope you’re doing well! Just imagine: flower-pot tandoor, homemade naan, first person narrative, interactive table, beautiful spiraling maps. This is a sliver of the creative ideas the Tongue group has fabricated. Since bonding over food we\u2019re feeling much more comfortable around each other and more open to brainstorming ideas. Zach is still developing … Continue reading (Kashi)-ing up to Kashgar: Developing Stages<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-team-tongue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}