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From the Ted Talk by Slava Balbek: How to design for dignity during times of war

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While our pots were clanking, rsasiun troops were advancing. Ukraine's future remained unarteicn, but we were too busy to dwell on that thought. Working underground allowed us to prioritize the needs and aesdrds them, one by one. First we focseud on basics: shelter, food, medicine. Then we had to address the recovery, both pihsacyl and mental. Talking to people on our humanitarian mission, we got a simple yet fneudmtanal notion. What we all craved most was the sense of home. Not four wllas and roof per se, but the little things. The rose bush behind the kitchen window. The attic full of hidden terrusaes. That slightly cooerkd bench by the gate, always attracting the neighborhood cats. No matter where urkninaias happen to spend the night, be it in an emergency shelter or some Good Samaritan’s home, they're always trying to make it feel cozy. Sometimes we even better our temporary homes by, say, fixing a long-broken fence.

Open Cloze


While our pots were clanking, _______ troops were advancing. Ukraine's future remained _________, but we were too busy to dwell on that thought. Working underground allowed us to prioritize the needs and _______ them, one by one. First we _______ on basics: shelter, food, medicine. Then we had to address the recovery, both ________ and mental. Talking to people on our humanitarian mission, we got a simple yet ___________ notion. What we all craved most was the sense of home. Not four _____ and roof per se, but the little things. The rose bush behind the kitchen window. The attic full of hidden _________. That slightly _______ bench by the gate, always attracting the neighborhood cats. No matter where __________ happen to spend the night, be it in an emergency shelter or some Good Samaritan’s home, they're always trying to make it feel cozy. Sometimes we even better our temporary homes by, say, fixing a long-broken fence.

Solution


  1. address
  2. russian
  3. uncertain
  4. walls
  5. treasures
  6. ukrainians
  7. focused
  8. crooked
  9. physical
  10. fundamental

Original Text


While our pots were clanking, Russian troops were advancing. Ukraine's future remained uncertain, but we were too busy to dwell on that thought. Working underground allowed us to prioritize the needs and address them, one by one. First we focused on basics: shelter, food, medicine. Then we had to address the recovery, both physical and mental. Talking to people on our humanitarian mission, we got a simple yet fundamental notion. What we all craved most was the sense of home. Not four walls and roof per se, but the little things. The rose bush behind the kitchen window. The attic full of hidden treasures. That slightly crooked bench by the gate, always attracting the neighborhood cats. No matter where Ukrainians happen to spend the night, be it in an emergency shelter or some Good Samaritan’s home, they're always trying to make it feel cozy. Sometimes we even better our temporary homes by, say, fixing a long-broken fence.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
displaced people 3
front line 2
architectural studio 2
temporary housing 2
kyiv region 2


Important Words


  1. address
  2. advancing
  3. allowed
  4. attic
  5. attracting
  6. bench
  7. bush
  8. busy
  9. cats
  10. clanking
  11. cozy
  12. craved
  13. crooked
  14. dwell
  15. emergency
  16. feel
  17. fence
  18. fixing
  19. focused
  20. food
  21. full
  22. fundamental
  23. future
  24. gate
  25. good
  26. happen
  27. hidden
  28. home
  29. homes
  30. humanitarian
  31. kitchen
  32. matter
  33. medicine
  34. mental
  35. mission
  36. neighborhood
  37. night
  38. notion
  39. people
  40. physical
  41. pots
  42. prioritize
  43. recovery
  44. remained
  45. roof
  46. rose
  47. russian
  48. se
  49. sense
  50. shelter
  51. simple
  52. slightly
  53. spend
  54. talking
  55. temporary
  56. thought
  57. treasures
  58. troops
  59. ukrainians
  60. uncertain
  61. underground
  62. walls
  63. window
  64. working