We modify the environment; however, the environment in return modifies us. In this project, we invite students to engage in this question. The last decade has seen a profound transformation of workspaces. Technology innovations and new entrepreneurial frameworks such as the gig economy have opened the opportunity to rethink how space can provide opportunities for collaboration. Spatial transformations have seen contemporary workspaces adapt to these new working and collaborative arrangements. However, these new configurations are characterized by class and homogenized racial perspectives about engagement. New collaborative spaces alienate and discriminate against diverse groups, excluding their participation. The purpose of this study will be to explore the spatial characteristics of collaborative community workplaces with an emphasis on answer: How do the spatial features in a creative workplace environment facilitate collaborative work with diverse audiences? By exploring how physical spaces can be designed in ways that improve collaborative work between CU Boulder and the diverse individuals and institutions with which we collaborate. Undergraduate researchers will engage in the research design, data collection, leading design charrettes, building a prototype to be tested by community participants, and analyzing and writing findings. In addition, we seek interdisciplinary, critical, and engaged undergraduate researchers for work on this project during the spring, summer, and potentially fall of 2022 and Spring 2023.
Research assistantship
Research assistants (RA) participate in research design, data collection, analysis, writing, and presenting. As a CEDaR RA, you will gain mentorship in theories and methods of community-engaged design, while tackling social and environmental issues.
Contact Nathan Paul Jones, Internship Director. nathan.p.jones@colorado.edu
This research project is sponsored by an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) grant from the Office of undergraduate education