CUNY AI Lab Example
These screenshots come from a sample project based on the CUNY AI Lab website. The first memo describes faculty, students, Lab staff, and teaching tools; the second adds the offices that administer the Lab and a broader principle. The user drew the relationships. These are examples of mapping choices, rather than a finished analysis to copy.
Community Research
Maria Mavrides Calderon's course connects the experiences of young people and families in New York City with community advocacy. A first memo might describe how a student reaches an after-school program through a school and community organization. Map the local people and settings, then draw the relationships supported by that account.
A second memo might describe funding arrangements, eligibility rules, or broader housing conditions. Use it to extend the same map with outside settings and Macro conditions. Connect these additions to the local relationships they affect.
Community Assets
Map resources and knowledge alongside barriers. An informal support network, youth group, or shared meeting space can matter to the analysis when the memo provides evidence for it. Explain what that resource makes possible and how it connects to other mapped subjects.
After Fieldwork
After an observation, interview, or reading, you can revise the relevant source in Memo. Follow confidentiality rules and remove identifying material as required. Choose Update map when the revised text is ready for submission, then review the additions alongside your existing map.
The update preserves your manual connections and edits. Use new evidence to decide whether to revise those connections yourself. Optional Field Notes can record what changed in your interpretation and what you want to investigate next.
Discuss and Revise
You can share a project link for discussion of a saved map or download a fixed copy from Project → Export & share. Ask which source supports a particular connection, whose perspective appears in the map, and what further research would help. Use Sample Activities for shorter exercises.