Card Sort - Florence

Eight adjectives:

1. grid-like

2. inspiring

3. exciting

4. beautiful

5. safe

6. friendly

7. peaceful

8. tiring - a lot of walking

Eight objects/experiences:

1. stones

2. stairs

3. antiques

4. wine

5. churches

6. street signs

7. leather

8. narrow streets

These words are characteristics, places and objects associated with the city of Florence, Italy. Experiencing this city for the first time and going through some of the culture shocks, these are some immediate responses I had to the city. Having shuffled these words written on 16 pieces of paper, I passed them four people to the right and had the fourth person organize them in a logical manner (logical to her).

They were shuffled and passed again, two to the left, and reorganized in a logical manner (logical to him).

The point of this exercise was to see how words can take on various meanings depending on context and on who is interpreting them. These words are my interpretations and reactions to the city organized in a manner influenced by someone else's interpretations and reactions to the city. Its interesting to see how different people mentally and physically organize and categorize these same words in completely different ways.