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Personal reflection: The survey helps you pause and articulate your inner state before and after the experience. A mirror of experience: Drawing yourself and completing the sentence “I am…” provides a simple but powerful way to notice subtle changes in how you relate to your environment. Data + Insights Measurable impact: The survey provides before-and-after data that reveals how the Awe Walk influences perception and emotional state. Evidence of transformation: It allows facilitators to document shifts in mood, openness, connection, or self-awareness. Comparative insight: Across multiple workshops, patterns emerge helping identify how different environments influence experience. A Tool for evaluation: It strengthens the methodological rigor of the workshop by adding a reflective and evaluative layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772719903950-Q6JQT76AF7RYYXY46PHY/20260303_Tools_Booklet_PrePostwalk+survey+content2.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Pre-post walk survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772719903953-HAR7K2J9DRIS40IK9DU8/20260303_Tools_Booklet_PrePostwalk+survey+content3.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Pre-post walk survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772719905533-DA1W6Z97ML1ZDJQE2JZO/20260303_Tools_Booklet_PrePostwalk+survey+content4.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Pre-post walk survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772719905765-HQGH2J26EJ8GVSPL0VYA/20260303_Tools_Booklet_PrePostwalk+survey+content5.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Pre-post walk survey https://www.citiesofawe.com/blog/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-zlxng-l4mbn-f5st5-y8sbj-jnnwf-ky9ww-d6dpg-lxlrt-ldax6 monthly 0.5 2026-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1773154380908-DL7Z8QWD77BNNAMTYKL6/Thumbnail_Stories-of-awe.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe - What you gain from using this tool Experiential A platform for voice: Residents are recognized as experts of their own lived experience. Reflection on place: The interview process invites people to articulate what makes their neighborhood meaningful. Recognition of awe: Participants begin to notice and name what inspires wonder, pride, or connection in their community. Shared understanding: The conversation strengthens awareness of collective identity and belonging. Data + Insights Deep qualitative insight: The tool captures stories, memories, values, and aspirations that cannot be measured through surveys alone. Community priorities: It reveals what people care about — what they value, and what they want to protect or change. Emotional mapping of place: Beyond physical infrastructure, this tool surfaces social and cultural layers of the neighborhood. Design intelligence: Stories of awe reveal what spatial, social, and cultural elements generate meaning — informing more human-centered urban design. Trust & relationship building: The interview process itself builds rapport and strengthens community engagement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720195103-K08F4QGO9D5AMGQVLVKK/stories+of+awe.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720195059-RRNQ8ONPWLOJ8AW5WC1W/stories+of+awe2.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720196591-TRMTNDBYH8RJOONBT2ND/stories+of+awe3.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720198126-DB8LI2HXHGYXR3VQJFLO/stories+of+awe5.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720199531-PU5F9L3R7HADDLRNOSOR/stories+of+awe7.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720199937-HZLIO53XUB125O7NJFFF/stories+of+awe8.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720200787-IG28EOO4MPA9XEQ3M5CQ/stories+of+awe9.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720201124-TI1JAEGJBFRUQQX7FG4S/stories+of+awe10.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720202008-OAGP1K1OA4613WVX9FCA/stories+of+awe11.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720202330-ONN17YOPIVXCNZ1G7OMK/stories+of+awe12.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/4872c829-ba88-4332-8c12-35fb0ca65afe/How-to-make-a-booklet_01.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/9ca17923-d438-4b24-9e1d-6b6b98d03f49/How-to-make-a-booklet_03.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/fa3c956e-68af-4f13-a1dc-e07aab95ff8d/How-to-make-a-booklet_02.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Stories of awe https://www.citiesofawe.com/blog/Blog Post Title One-3zaa9-zlxng-l4mbn-f5st5-y8sbj-jnnwf-ky9ww-d6dpg-lxlrt monthly 0.5 2026-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1773154401418-12Y3AAGLF3I218V42RSE/Thumbnail_Awe-field-guide.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Awe field guide - What you gain from using this guide Experiential A new way of seeing: You begin to notice details, atmospheres, and interactions that may have previously gone unnoticed. A deeper sensory awareness: You tune into sound, texture, light, movement, and social energy expanding how you experience public space. A personal record of meaning: You leave with documented reflections, field notes, and spatial impressions that capture how a place feels, not just how it functions. A sense of connection: You may feel more connected to your neighborhood, to others, or to something larger than yourself. Data + Insights Qualitative spatial data: The awe field guide captures lived experience emotional, sensory, and social dimensions often missing from traditional urban analysis. Patterns of meaning: Across multiple walks, recurring themes emerge: nature, collective energy, design details, moral beauty, ritual, music, epiphanies. Insight for design: These observations reveal what spatial and social qualities generate awe informing how we shape public spaces that support well-being and connection. A shared vocabulary: The tool creates a language for discussing wonder, not just infrastructure allowing teams and communities to talk about emotional impact alongside function. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720382256-TUPUUK1EVPW41HSJYEKO/Awe+field+guide.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Awe field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720383270-L0A2O42LAJINOFPIL950/Awe+field+guide3.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Awe field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720384679-MPVMKWGG8MERK6IWDD28/Awe+field+guide5.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Awe field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720384785-VBFNCMJMX0HYED06KAT0/Awe+field+guide6.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Awe field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/1772720386185-947ZJUC0XCSCCHL3LTMP/Awe+field+guide7.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - 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Madinah as sacred urban life - Collective effervescence in the rhythm of Islam Five times a day, the call to prayer echoes across Madinah. People walk toward the nearest minaret on the horizon. Shops close, conversations pause, and streets briefly become places of prayer. At the center of this rhythm stands the mosque as a place of worship, and a civic anchor for each neighborhood. It is where people study, meet, break fast, and gather. A local architect recalled studying there during exam days: “It was peaceful, and we just liked being inside.” During Ramadan, mosques host iftar meals where residents bring food to share, and neighbors and visitors sit side by side. “These shared meals are one reason many in Madinah come to know one another”, he noted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/3aef2691-9129-4733-a060-65ecf5847849/20260218_Madinah+story+diagrams.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Madinah as sacred urban life Methodological & contex considerations: Observations conducted near a neighborhood mosque. Meaning Friday counts are likely to be lower as worshippers attend larger regional mosques for Friday prayers. Notice no counts were taken between the 13:00 PM counts and 20:00 counts as the sun was too strong for outdoor activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68cc0c482f72f10acd61dd8c/f35048af-2a4c-4ba9-aa59-28543f9e9f8c/Moral+beauty.jpg Awe in Action (all posts) - Madinah as sacred urban life - Moral beauty and everyday hospitality Awe also appears through care. Hospitality toward pilgrims has long shaped the city’s social fabric. During panel discussions, participants recalled how families once hosted pilgrims in their homes, a tradition that continues today in quieter gestures. Visitors are invited in for tea and dates, offered guidance, or welcomed to share a meal. 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