Patterns from shorter project peer review

Objectives: to identify common strengths and weaknesses across projects, with an eye toward replicating our successes and addressing our weaknesses and missed opportunities

What went well?

What I heard:

don’t beat yourself up about that

I loved it

I wanted to know X, and I wanted to know Y

write in the background stories

I wanted a hyperlink with to authoritative source

I liked X, Y, and Z

{{lots of head nodding and eye contact}}

I wanted more context

Here are more examples of the thing you’re talking about…

I wanted more accessible language

I had never thought about that

So what do you think about me doing X?

Do references count as part of the 400 word-limit for Equality Archive

Something that I wasn’t clear on was X

I wonder if it could be connected to [this other thing you said].

You could do X.

The font is too big! Can you move this to the top?

Is that too much? I think it comes down to a question of capacity.

Oh shut up, I love it!

Sentences from Kolysh to imitate:

p. 2: “My work on everyday violence in New York City began small.”

p. 7: “I argue that…”

P. 9: “I rely on X’s definition of Y”

p. 14: “With that in mind, I ask…”

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