Chris 
I’ve spent the last few days making sense of the discussions and observations made during the Affective Atlas team’s visit to Wilson’s Prom. Discussions centered firmly around the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge and how collaborative and social technologies can help connect various people in and around a national park. Whilst simplistic, the diagram above is a representation of the connections between the two main groups: Parks Victoria staff, and park visitors.
Last week the Affective Atlas team went to visit Wilson’s Promontory National Park. Myself and the other PhD student spent 3 days at the park – giving presentations on our progress to date (for me: not much), being shown areas of the park not usually accessible to the public, and touring the on-site offices.
I thought it might be a good idea to note down some of the ideas inspired by speaking to members of the Affective Atlas team about the BurnMap project.
I found the process very helpful, especially at such an early stage in my PhD. It really got me into the right frame of mind to start thinking about what types of questions I’d like to explore and (possibly) answer. It’s also given me a great start in understanding the context in which I’ll be working, which will be a major part of the research I undertake.