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'''Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies 2015-16'''  
'''Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies 2017-18'''
 
Led by Kate Briggs




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Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups.  
Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups.  


==Outcome: Text on Method==


Outcome:
The specific outcome for the RW&RM seminar of 2016-2017 will be a 1500 word text which reflects on your own method and situates your work in relation to a broader artistic and cultural context. The various texts produced within the RW&RM seminar will serve as source material for your text on method. In common with all modules on the course RW&RM serves to support the other elements of the course (Self-directed Research, Issues in Art & Theory, Practice-Group Critiques &c.). Therefore, the text on method will inform your Self-Evaluation at the end of the third trimester and provide the basis for your Graduate Project Proposal that you will produce in the fourth trimester.
 
The specific outcome for the RW&RM seminar of 2015-2016 will be a 1500 word text which reflects on your own method and situates your work in relation to a broader artistic and cultural context. The various texts produced within the RW&RM seminar will serve as source material for your text on method. In common with all modules on the course RW&RM serves to support the other elements of the course (Self-directed Research, Issues in Art & Theory, Practice-Group Critiques &c.). Therefore, the text on method will inform your Self-Evaluation at the end of the third trimester and provide the basis for your Graduate Project Proposal that you will produce in the fourth trimester.
 
 
 
 
Basic style sheet
 
Titles and works = ''italics''
 
Essays = Title in Caps
 
Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)
 
URL = make link
 
 
[[Essay guide]]
 
[[ Print Room ]]
 
[[ Where to find books ]]
 
 
[[general tips]]
 
 
===TRIMESTER ONE===
 
 
===1-10-15 ===
 
==WhoWhatWhy #      1==
 
[[week one 71 Oct]]
 
[[WhatHowWhy]]
 
[[past pages methods]]
 
[[Eo]]
[[Jess]]
[[Adam]]
[[Nicholas]]
[[Dan T]]
[[Tor]]
[[Erika]]
[[Angelica]]
[[Ash's WhatHowWhy]]
 
===Oct 29===
 
==Exquisite corpse 29-10-15:==
 
Monumental tooth
 
licking fluffy milkshake
 
and tacky tears
 
Icy black hole
 
Whistles pink monument
 
Swirly shark
 
Whipped the sticky sunset
 
And keys of well being
 
Pock-marked cock
 
Drinking juicy molecule
 
And Rushton’s Steve
 
Mortified star
 
Painted chalky roads and sad sex
 
Ungrateful speaker yells
 
Weeping many chairs
 
Flea-bitten shoe twisting gravel
 
Gleaming Australian accent
 
Explicit sock folding softly and vegan omelette
 
Sweet computer set
 
Flowery gravel
 
and my lovers
 
destroyed
 
follow twinkle cold and colourful trap
 
Depressed toothpicks descend
 
Soft shyness
 
Laundry line
 
Frequent bell
 
Slow
 
Pleasingly bumblebee and axolotl
 
==29-10-15 = Random questions to works of art ==
 
 
[[upload questions and to,  and answers from, your work here]]
 
[[Angelica_questions&answers]]
 
[[Dan T questions]]
 
[[Ash's Questions]]
 
[[Viktor T questions]]
 
[[Anni Q&A]]
 
[[Adam Q&A]]
 
[[Tor - question to thing in box]]
 
[[Jess - Tell me about your dance/ the trouble I had]]
 
[[Eo Question]]
 
[[A list of all the questions]]
 
== 29-10-15 = What am I doing and what do I want?==
 
[[outline project]]
 
[[What am I doing and what do I want?]]
 
==12-11-15==
 
Morning:
 
Recap
 
Notetaking
 
Uncreative writing
 
Afternoon
 
Writing machines
 
 
==26-11-15==
 
AM:
 
Subjects:
 
Material Metaphors (from Hayles'Wriiting Machines)
 
Ong now and then
 
Method: note taking
 
Late AM and afternoon: writing machines
 
[[angelica_3]]
 
[[eo_3]]
 
[[Ash's writing machine]]
 
[[Viktor's pseudo gothic title generator]]
 
[[Jess's writing machine]]
 
[[Anni's writing machine]]
 
[[Erika's script]]
 
[[Dan T's writing machine]]
 
 
Outcome of the machines here:
 
==10-12-2015==
 
Work in context
 
We will write notes together on this pad:
 
http://piratepad.net/246s5BWyKv
 
 
==28-1-16==
 
At the ''N'' C.A.C
 
10:00 = Steve outlines the project=
 
What is the N C.A.C and what are we doing there? The curator's brief
 
11:00 = into groups of two
 
11:00 = prepare interview 1
 
11:10 = conduct interview 1 (20 minutes max)
 
11:20 = prepare interview 2
 
11:30 = conduct interview 2 (20 minutes max)
 
12:00= transcribe your interview
 
LUNCH
 
 
14:00 = edit your partner's text
 
UPLOAD TEXT HERE>
 
[[Interview with Erika]]
 
[[Interview with Viktor]]
 
[[Interview with Nicholas by Tor]]
 
[[Dan interviewed by Ash]]
 
[[Dan interviews Ash]]
 
[[Aggressively Fun Connie meets Angelica]]
 
[[Tor interviewed by Nicholas]]
 
[[Eo interviewed by Anni]]
 
[[Anni interviewed by Eo]]
 
[[Connie interviewed by Angelica]]
 
16:00 review in group
 
==11-2-2016==
 
 
10:15 Discuss the difference between a passive and active voice.
 
[[passive]]
 
[[active vs. passive]]
 
10:30
 
Reading: ''Politics and the English Language'' (1948) by George Orwell.
 
In context Orwell vs. modernism: ''1984'', BASIC English and Otto Neurath
 
 
''Politics and the English Language'' is an old text, but today we will use Orwell as a writing machine
 
Orwell writes:
 
" A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus:
 
1. What am I trying to say?
 
2. What words will express it?
 
3. What image or idiom will make it clearer?
 
4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?
 
And he will probably ask himself two more:
 
1. Could I put it more shortly?
 
2. Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?" (p.3)
 
Orwell later proposes the following rules:
 
"1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
 
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
 
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
 
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
 
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
 
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything barbarous." (p.5)
 
 
From 11:00
 
Experiment:
 
(a) edit the text you wrote last week using the active voice.
 
(b) apply Orwell's constraints to the interview text you made during the last session (you can also apply to other texts, of course). Keep both versions for comparison.
 
(c) option: you can choose to swap texts.
 
[[Angelicas new draft]]
 
[[Ash interviews Dan Orwellised]]
 
[[Connie interviewed by Angelica]]
 
[[Anni interviews Eo]]
 
[[Erika interviews Viktor]]
 
[[Erika interviewed by Viktor]]
 
==3 March==
 
Today we will bring together a number of the methods we've been playing with.
 
The aim of the RW&RM is to write a 1500 text on method, this will be part of your self-evaluation seminar later in the year. key elements of this texts will be description of work and discussion of motivation.With each session you have been gathering material which can be used as a resource. Today we will revisit two methods we have previously used in order to update the descriptions and analysis of current and recent work..
 
'''a.) 10:00-11:30''' description of (most recent) work:
what,
how and
 
why? (150 words)
 
If you are up to date with this (you may have a description of recent work in the interview you made in the last session)
 
'''b.)  11:30-12:30'''
 
Current work
 
1 What are you working on now?
 
2 What are you thinking of making?
 
3 How do you plan to make it?
 
4 Why do you want to make it?
 
5 Relation to previous practice
 
5 Relation to a larger context
 
6 References
 
 
 
'''Lunch 13:00-14:00'''
 
 
 
'''14:00-15-30'''
 
c) This afternoon run the above text through the 'orwell editing  filter':
 
"1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
 
2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
 
3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
 
4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
 
5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
 
6. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything barbarous."
 
Orwell, politics and the English Language  1948 (p.5)
 
 
 
'''15:30- 16:30'''
 
UPLOAD TEXT HERE:
 
[[Eo 1st draft]]
[[Dan 1st draft]]
[[Viktor 1st draft]]
[[Nicholas 1st draft]]
[[Erika 1st draft]]
 
Get someone else to edit your text (cut and paste a version for them to work into, make comments &c.)
 
'''16:30'''
 
 
Meet as group to recap
 
ALSO - Steve note: I have been working on individual texts with some of you. Today I would like to work together with you on a text of your choosing (or maybe in groups of two, if you would find that more useful.) The aim is to read and reflect on your text, praise the positive elements and suggest changes.
 
I have recently worked with about half of you and have yet to see:
 
Viktor
 
Dan
 
Anni
 
Erika
 
Let's allow for three one hour sessions between 11:00 and 16:00
 
Note:
 
Remember these editing tips (including “Sarah Tripp's top tips”  - please add your own useful tips):
 
identify the reader;
 
use active mode of address;
 
make three drafts with a specific outcome for each draft (these may correspond to text editing, copy editing and proof reading stages);
 
print each draft out;
 
read aloud (this helps with punctuation);
 
get second reader to give feedback on second and final draft
 
 
 
This isn't the only way to write and edit, but try it at least once and see what works for you.
 
In the next session we will gather the material together to work on a first draft on the text on method.
 
==March 17==
 
 
Print out everything you have written for this seminar and physically cut and paste a 'very rough draft' of a text on method.
 
You can use this outline as a guide:
 
=='''Outline for the text''' (this is a guide rather than a prescription)==
 
'''General note on mode of address'''. Write as if to someone not familiar with your work.
 
'''Title
 
Abstract: what is this document? what do you want the reader to get from this text? (50-100 words
 
Introduction: Give outline of the text and make the points you want to get across clear.
 
'''
Current Practice (resource: here you can use the descriptions made in the last session)
 
'''Relation to previous practice'''
 
How does your current work connect to previous projects you have done? (resource: here you can use the descriptions made in the first sessions)
 
'''Relation to a larger context'''
 
Outline practices or ideas that go beyond the scope of your personal work. Write briefly about other projects or theoretical material which share an affinity with your project. It is simply about showing an awareness of a broader context, which you will later build upon in your project proposal and writing component in the second year (you may have covered some of this in your interview)
 
'''Research strands'''
 
Consider the possibilities open to you and where you would take your work in the near future.
 
 
General note= consider the role of images and links to video (if you want your proposal to take the form of a wiki/web page)
 
Examples of Text on Method from last year:
 
[[Tracy's Text]]
 
[[Niels final draft]]
 
[[Mitchell Text]]
 
 
Previous year:
 
[[ V V V V Vasiliki]]
 
[[Hunter Hunter]]


[[Alice]]
Here are the [[Text on Method guidelines]];


[[sol]]
Here is the link to previous texts on method: [['''FINAL VERSIONS''' deadline 6th May]]


==Reading and editing sessions with Steve. Individual or groups of two==
==Link to the RW&RM archive==


Please add names


11:00 Nicholas


12:00


15:00
[[Previously]]

Latest revision as of 13:42, 1 November 2017

Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies 2017-18

Led by Kate Briggs


Handbook description: "The Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies Seminar is tailored towards (further) developing research methods within the first year of this master. By establishing a solid foundation of research skills, it will eventually prepare students for their Graduate research in the second year. Through reading core theoretical texts, they will establish a common vocabulary and set of references to work from. They will learn the practice of classic ‘essayistic methodologies’, including close reading, annotation, description and notation, students learn to survey a body of literature, filter what is relevant to their research and create comparative pieces of analysis. The seminar helps students to establish methodical drafting processes for their texts, where they can develop ideas further and structure their use of notes and references. The course takes as axiomatic that the perceived division between ‘practice’ and ‘theory’ is essentially an illusion."

Curriculum:

The seminar over the two trimesters will involve:

(a.) Identifying the object of your research: description and analysis of your work

(b.) Contextualizing your work through description and reflection on contemporary and historical practices.

(c.) Identify research material key to your practice.

(d.) Synopsis and annotation of key texts

(e.) Writing machines: creating methods for group and individual writing.

Throughout, there will be an emphasis on working collectively, whether in a larger discussion group or in smaller reading and writing groups.

Outcome: Text on Method

The specific outcome for the RW&RM seminar of 2016-2017 will be a 1500 word text which reflects on your own method and situates your work in relation to a broader artistic and cultural context. The various texts produced within the RW&RM seminar will serve as source material for your text on method. In common with all modules on the course RW&RM serves to support the other elements of the course (Self-directed Research, Issues in Art & Theory, Practice-Group Critiques &c.). Therefore, the text on method will inform your Self-Evaluation at the end of the third trimester and provide the basis for your Graduate Project Proposal that you will produce in the fourth trimester.

Here are the Text on Method guidelines;

Here is the link to previous texts on method: '''FINAL VERSIONS''' deadline 6th May

Link to the RW&RM archive

Previously

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