Reading, Writing & Research Methods
Reading, Writing, and Research Methodologies 2016-17
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 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.
Here are the Text on Method guidelines; and here is the link to previous texts on method: '''FINAL VERSIONS''' deadline 6th May
Wiki Basic style sheet
Titles and works = italics
Essays = Title in Caps
Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)
URL = make link
Some tips on normative writing
Active / passive mode of address Orwell's Politics and the English Language &c
Session One: 13 Oct
10:00: Introduction to RW&RM by Steve Rushton
(a) I will outline what happens on the course (b) how it fits in with the other aspects of the program and (c) how what you do here fits in with the course as a whole.
For every session there is a different task, which employs a different writing method. I will set no assignments outside of the class, but you must commit to trying the methods I suggest for at least the day of the seminar. Over the three trimesters you will accumulate a collection of texts and approaches to writing which serve as a resource as you go into the second year.
10:30: Steve will outline the task for this session:
11:00 We will catch the 21 or 24 tram to the
Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
PLEASE BRING:
1) NOTEBOOK AND PEN
2) an OV CHIP CARD with a few Euro on it
3) and a PACKED LUNCH
Exhibition: The Volkskrant Art Prize 2016-17: Alexis Blake*, Jan Hoek, Anouk Kruithof, Jay Tan* and Evelyn Taocheng Wang AND Ten Years of the Volkskrant Art Prize A group show of recent work by past winners Nathalie Bruys (2006) | Guido van der Werve (2007) | Eylem Aladogan (2009) | Navid Nuur* (2010) | Ahmet Ögüt (2011) | Tala Madani (2012) | Femmy Otten (2013) | Floris Kaayk (2014) | Bram De Jonghe (2015) And public's favourites: Sharon Houkema (2010) | Nik Christensen (2011) | Sarah van Sonsbeeck (2012) | Zoro Feigl (2013) | Floris Kaayk (2014) | Levi van Veluw (2015) (*Piet Zwart alumni / alumna)
16:00: Meet up back at the Piet Zwart to review work done.
17:00: Finish
Useful links
Venue:
http://www.stedelijkmuseumschiedam.nl/nl/
Route: 21 or 24 tram (25 mins)