Reflection on Problem encountered

Conclusion

Reflection on problems encountered

This project was a new experience for us as a group of UEP students. At the beginning, It seemed almost impossible to achieve the urban informality project course in which intense teamwork is needed to learn from each other apart from an advanced understanding of critical issues in complex urban environments through close interaction with local communities. Hence ‘the core purpose of the course is to explore core skills on community based fieldwork, research and practice and to build critical self-awareness of the role of the urban practitioner in challenging environments’ as stated on course content, we have experienced an extra challenge in Pandemic situation which, we think, gave us an immense insight and ability to face challenges. We have finally made the impossible at the beginning possible however an evitable challenge. First, There are no previously done reports in a similar pandemic situation which could help us as a guide . Second, difficulties we faced due to the limits caused by new pandemic regulations, the heterogeneity of our case studies and their background, online teamwork while living in different time zones. last but not the least, the almost two months fieldwork is not enough to deeply understand the complexity of the urban problems