Raleigh Triangulator Scavenger Hunt - August 23rd
Posted by: "Meghan Melloy" meghan.c.melloy@gmail.com meghanmelloy
Mon Aug 4, 2008 1:08 pm (PDT)
Oakwood folks might be interested in this. Some of the questions/answers
may be in our neighborhood (hint hint).
-Meghan Melloy
Elm St.
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Triangulator Part Deux: City of Oaks *
People of the Triangle,
Back in May we held our inaugural Triangulator scavenger hunt in Durham.
Over thirty people participated in the six hour multi-media, multi-modal
(sub)urban (mis)adventure.
In the Bull City we climbed, we rhymed, and we memorialized, discovering
coal chutes and hidden swimming pools and secret passageways in the
process. We learned about why Durham was the city of medicine long before
Duke Hospitals, unearthed the ghosts of the city's industrial past and
experimented with new uses for Fufu flour and Waxy Corn. But most
importantly, we were able to see Durham in new ways: finding new intrigue
and beauty in the places and people we pass by every day and discovering
parts of the city (sometimes right around the corner) that we never knew
existed. Check out some of the photos from the
event<http://www.triangul>on our interactive map (circa
1923).
Now, its time to unleash this joyous rite of exploration on the state
capital! * *Triangulator will come to Raleigh *Saturday, August 23rd from
Noon to 6 pm.*
The scavenger hunt registration will begin at 11am in Halifax Mall (behind
the state legislature) with some physical warm-ups and end with food,
festivities, and awards at a location to be announced. Just like the game
in Durham, there will be subjective and objective questions, written
questions and photo questions. But this time we'll also be throwing in some
puzzles and obstacles, including unwitting appearances by some of Raleigh's
favorite sons (and daughters).
Triangulator is very much like and very much unlike other scavenger hunts in
that it involves both searches for specific items AND subjective,
interpretative explorations. There may or may not be right answers, you may
or may not know them and that may or may not be an advantage. Go forth and
triangulate!
*Schedule
*Saturday, August 23rd*
* 11am: Congregation. Games and Distribution of Clues at Halifax
Mall (map<http://maps.>
)
11:45am -6pm: Scavenger Hunt in Raleigh (official questions will be within
two miles of the state Capitol, but you can go anywhere for the subjective
questions)
6:30pm: Awards, Drinks, Food, and Presentations at a downtown location
TBA. It's BYOB but we'll have food.
*Rules and regulations: *
* Each team will require a digital camera (i.e. bring one if you've got
one).
* Registration is $5 per person (includes dinner)
* Unexpected interpretation of the questions and unpredictable results
are encouraged.
* Boundaries: All provided questions will be within 2 miles of the state
capitol. Subjective questions can be answered from anywhere.within the city
limits.
* Winning teams will receive much backslapping and if you're lucky a
found chotchky.
* Teams will be formed on arrival (bring folks to play with or come and
join up with others).
*Why: * Because we are fed by curiosity and delight for everything that is
the Triangle (and by extension, our world)
*How: *You can use any vehicle you like though we are proponents of the
world's most efficient vehicle, the bicycle, and the game is designed with
that in mind. However, we are also big fans of the world's least polluting
traveler, the pedestrian, and the game can be managed on foot.
*Disclaimer: * This is an ongoing process - participate at your own risk! We
found with the Durham game that groups did best when they were willing to go
places and do things they've never done before. Come ready to open yourself
up to the possibilities of the city.
* To RSVP email: *scavenger.hunt@ triangulator. org
(As part of our pre-registration process, please include your favorite
Raleigh event/happening with your RSVP (Triangulator *is* an acceptable
option!))
*More about Triangulator*
With scavenger hunts growing increasingly trendy (and venture capital funds
salivating over their profit potential), we should remind you (and
ourselves) of why we're organizing this event.
Triangulator is about re-examining our every day spaces: thinking more
critically about how we interact with the cities we live in, and becoming
more interested in how we affect and are affected by what (and who) is
around us. Why does the street stop being cleaned after you cross certain
roads, where can you find urban fruit, how is it that neighborhoods right
next to each other have different accents? These are all questions
Triangulator seeks to better understand.
At the beginning of this year, a group of us got together to start talking
about how we could create a forum to exchange local knowledge about the
Triangle with interested (and interesting) people. We decided the best way
to do it was to get those people together to play a game. Thus,
Triangulator was born.
If you're interested and would like to be more involved you should email us
at scavenger.hunt@ triangulator. org. We'd love your help as we try to build
a community interested in feeding our collective delight in the geography
around us.
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