These examples can be adapted to your readings and course questions. Use two memos about the same issue, with the first focused on local relationships and the second extending the context.
1. Check the Local Nodes
Before submitting the first memo, identify the people, settings, and resources it describes. Compare your reading with the nodes added to the map. Select a node, read its quotation, and explain why you would retain, rename, reclassify, or remove it.
2. Name a Relationship
At Meso, connect two local nodes. Use wording that describes what the source shows, such as “refers students to” or “provides meeting space for.” Compare the effect of reversing the arrow or choosing both directions.
3. Add an Outside Setting
Use the second memo to examine an outside setting that affects the people in the first memo. Ask how the influence reaches the local situation and whether the focal people participate in that setting. Connect it to the local relationships the evidence supports.
4. Connect a Broader Condition
At Macro, select a policy, value, or structural condition from the second memo. Connect it to affected settings or local relationships. Distinguish the condition from any office or organization that administers or responds to it.
5. Revise a Memo
Add a passage from a later observation or reading to one of the memos, then choose Update map. Review any added nodes or refreshed evidence alongside your existing connections. Revise your own relationships when the new evidence changes your interpretation.
6. Discuss a Shared Map
Share a project link with eligible course members or download a copy for discussion. Explain a connection, identify an uncertainty, and return to the source together. Optional Field Notes can record what you want to investigate afterward.