This website serves as a design and research toolkit for rural community members wanting to improve local economic conditions. While there are many traditional processes of rural economic development, this speculative approach focuses on the relationships between people, the built environment, and technology.
This website applies human-centered research methods for data collection. For example, cross-cultural video-based content analysis is the process of analyzing video recordings as a source of qualitative data. This builds on the strategy of naturalistic observation, providing the opportunity to observe conditions and interactions within the built environment without influence.
These observations are synthesized into design documentation across three scales: the neighborhood, the street, and the building. Design documentation also takes spatiotemporal elements into consideration.