ISLS 2026
ICLS Poster

#722: How a Site Walk Near Lake Victoria Helps Engineers Learn

Wed Jun 17, 4:15 PM–5:45 PM · Outdoors

A community-led site walk introduced engineering professionals and students to new understandings about space/place, which in turn, improved participatory co-design practice. We present a framework for exploring how site walks made different objects of reasoning visible (material and spatial) and subverted social hierarchies (between engineers and community members), and close by discussing the value of such site walks for engineering education.

Speakers

  • Jessie Zarazaga — SMU University
  • Max Sherard — University of North Texas

Authors

Jessie Zarazaga, Max K. Sherard