Problem Posing Statement

Name:     Jackie Eifler                                                      ART 335/CHEN

Problem Posing Assignment through (Re)construction of a Place

Chosen place:  

The Ravines on campus

Define your chosen place:

It is a place of significant forestation and enormous hills. Most of these hills are too steep to climb out of.

Define your problem:

What it is: explaining a question you have about the place.

How often have people fallen down these hills? How many of them could still be missing or unidentified?

Why this is a genuine question or problem for you.

I’ve almost fallen all the way down one of those hills.

Why the question or problem is likely to be relevant to others.

It is a safety hazard for everyone, especially if there have been issues with this in the past.

Why the question or problem matters to some significant issues related to our understanding of the chosen place.

The ravines, because there is no warning sign or fencing, are open to the campus population and can seem harmless at first. We must understand that it would be an easy task to end one’s life in this area.

Why the question or problem is important? Why should this problem be solved and how could this problem be solved?

This could be easily solved a few ways:

1.     A fence. Fencing to block off dangerous parts of the ravines could be crucial in saving a student’s life.

2.     Plant trees. Although trees will take time to reach a high enough point to block the entrance down the hills, it is still a plausible idea.

3.     Methods near the bottom of these trenches to alert the authorities you’ve fallen down.

4.     Stairs to the bottom to exit through and walk down if there is a reason to be on these hills.