My name is Ariel Sim. I’m an anthropologist, designer, and artist.
Anthropology.
Exploring diverse perspectives, relationships, meaning and cross-cultural communication, most often through community-based participatory action research.
Facilitation.
Inspired by the root word facilis - to make easy. Practicing a broad range of facilitation styles.
Design.
Moving from discovery to creation by exploring the function, form, and feel of things. Bringing together research and design, learning collaboratively to try to make things better.
Art.
Exploring the world through different ways of knowing and being like music, dance, poetry, and visual media.
Principles to Guide Action
01 — Strive to do work that feels like healing.
Both the process and outcomes.
02 — Work in communities of trust.
Through a shared focus on grace, integrity, authenticity, and courage.
03 — Support a new wave of leaders.
Because it’s time. Focus on women and BIPOC leaders.
04 — Say yes to sustainability, wellness, and social unity.
This is the mission, this is the goal.
Let’s connect.
Embracing the full web of life.
Both human and more-than-human.
Facilitation & design
Community-based participatory research
User research
UX design & design-thinking
Project management
Personal & organizational coaching
Multimedia production