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project four: city map You may work in pairs, teams, or as individuals to complete your research and your work with a community partner organization. Each individual student must turn in their own written work. For this project, you are required to work with a community partner whose mission closely aligns to your research project. Pre-project phase Choose a city problem and select a community partner organization that works to solve that problem. Begin your service work before developing a research plan (see iLearn). Developing a research plan (see sample on iLearn) Phase 1: Research question Develop a research question (or more than one) that could be answered through mapping Bring your ideas for class discussion and instructor approval. Phase 2: Data List data you will need to collect to answer this question. This may include locations, numbers, types of actions, etc. See sample research plan on iLearn. Phase 3: Resources List resources that could provide data to answer your question (organizations, news accounts, books and articles, websites, etc. Be sure to include relevant course texts.) Phase 4: Field research Visit the city sites that can provide answers to your question and record your data. Phase 5: Map Create a physical map to present your data. Make sure it is large enough to be clearly seen by everyone in the class during your presentation. Phase 6: Summary Sheet and Findings (see example and style sheet on iLearn). a) Create a one-page Summary Sheet (write as list) presenting your: Research question Data collected Resources used Community partner information (see example on iLearn). b) Write a one-page explanation of your findings (write as essay) What did you learn? What challenges did you face? Evaluate how well your map provides an answer to your question. Evaluate how you supported the mission of your community partner. c) Combine both pages in a single document and submit via TurnItIn

Rescue and Sabotage during Hurricane Katrina

Problem: Preventable deaths and injuries following a disaster

Community organization: Lake Charles Cajun Navy, New Orleans

Research question: What acts of rescue and solidarity helped people after Hurricane Katrina and what actions sabotaged people’s survival?

Data

1. People/institutions that provided shelter (Rescue/solidarity)
2. People/institutions that provided food (Rescue/ solidarity)
3. People/institutions with boats that rescued stranded people (Rescue/solidarity)
4. People/institutions that provided medical services (Rescue/solidarity)
5. Number of people rescued (Rescue/solidarity)
6. People/institutions that used violence against survivors (Sabotage)
7. People/institutions that left people stranded (Sabotage)
8. People/institutions that prevented survivors from escaping flooded areas (Sabotage)
9. People/institutions that spread false rumors that criminalized survivors (Sabotage)
10. Number of people who died due to harmful decisions (Sabotage)

Resources

8^th Coast Guard District https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/District-8/

Holy Cross Neighborhood Association https://holycrossnola.com/association-2/

International Rescue Committee https://www.rescue.org/

Lake Charles Cajun Navy https://cajunnavylakecharles.org/

Rushton, C. 2015. Timeline: Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/24/timeline-hurricane-katrina-and-aftermath/32003013/

Simmerman, J. 2015. Hurricane Katrina rescue effort was a motley, ad hoc operation. The Advocate. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_9ce33e11-b2ab-540d-9327-c6cab96b4884.html

Solnit, R. 2013. Snakes and Ladders: Nothing was foreordained. In Solnit and Snedeker, eds. Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 127-132.

Community Partner information

Lake Charles Cajun Navy

244 Waterfront Way, New Orleans, LA

Phone: (337) 802-3154                                   Contact/volunteer supervisor: Kat Du Bois

Activities: Search and rescue, disaster relief

Web page: https://cajunnavylakecharles.org/