Subsistence Marketplaces

Individual Assignment 1 – Understanding Subsistence Marketplaces and Gathering Marketplace Insights
Grand total of 1000 words: 250 words per part; there are four (4) parts to this assignment.

(PLEASE BE CLOSE TO THE WORD COUNT ASKED FOR BY PROVIDING THE NEEDED DETAIL).

Please use your own words, avoid quoting others, and avoid using bullet points. Please create a narrative and answer all the detailed questions asked, using the material referred to.

Part 1 – Virtual Reality (VR) Lab.
• What insights did you develop about subsistence marketplaces from the VR lab exercise?
• What did you learn about the needs and drivers for the from the VR lab exercise, in the context of your group project?

Link your response explicitly to the videos.

Part 2 – Write a narrative that addresses these three questions in the context of the online experience at http://www.subsistencemarketplaces.com)
• What did you do?
• How did you feel?
• What did you learn about living with low-income?
Link your response explicitly to the experience.

Part 3 – Readings –
• Bottom Up Design for Subsistence Marketplaces
• Subsistence and sustainability.
• Articulate what you learned about the bottom-up approach from the readings.
• Articulate what you learned about subsistence marketplaces from the readings.

Link your response explicitly to the readings.
Part 4 – Conducting Field Research
• View the two videos, “Field Research in Rural India” and “Field Research in Urban India.”
• What are some insights you gained about conducting field research
• Describe what you learned from the virtual interviews and how will you use what you learned for the project (please be specific).
Link your response explicitly to the videos and the interviews.