Research Paper Response

The research paper was curious to me. While the exercise of it was intriguing, the situation of this assignment within this class did not make complete sense to me. It seemed something that would be in a history and theory of design class. Such as the series Patrick taught.

Despite this, the paper did turn out to be very fun to me. Mine was on skateboarding and architecture. The main critique was that it needed to be written differently to present the topic in different light.... more like a research paper and less like an editorial. This is absolutely true as I go over it again. Another draft would probably solve this.

The thesis of my paper was concerning the interaction of skateboarding and contemporary architecture. It seems that due to the litigious nature of American culture, and liability issues, skateboarding is largely prohibited. This would seem strange, given that skaters are often the most observent participants in architecture. All in all it was a fun paper assignment.