Revision as of 11:20, 30 September 2017

Main questions

Why/How is the Poortgebouw valuable to the city?
- Who is it important for? In what ways?
- How has this changed through the years?
- How can our publication add to this?
Why is the Poortgebouw worth archiving?
- What is the situation of the PG today? Is there a sense of urgency?
- Why is the autonomous archive important?
- How different are the narratives inside / outside the PG?

Research Action Points (Content)

Make a list of the available archives, where to find them, how to visit them > Joca, finish up 28/09
Make a list of questions we want to ask > Angeliki, finish up 02/10
Make a list of people we want to interview (inside & outside the PG) > Tash, finish up 02/10
Prepare questions for the meeting at the Poortgebouw 02/10 > Everyone, finish up 01/10
City archive recon > Joca, Alex & Alice, meetup at 11:00 at the Archive (Hofdijk 651, Rotterdam) 29/09
Make a list of topics and search terms for our visit to both City Archive & PG Archive (add them to this pad ) > Everyone, finish up 01/10
Send a mailupdate about our progress so far to Delphine, Aymeric, Michael & Steve' > end of the week, friday

Define main questions of our publication first draft done
Research interview methods of
- Linda Malherbe (Verhalenhuis Belvedere) email sent
- Teana Boston-Mammah (Storytelling from the City) email sent
- Siebe Thissen = specialist in "alternative" histories in Rotterdam email sent
From this, create our own interview methodology & ethics
Investigate the conditions and practical aspects of the interviews e.g. recording technology, email, skype (their permission to edit)
Research glossary of terms & methodology to collect terms that are used in the different narratives
Find out how we can collect / photograph / copy these materials
Organize the information we collected into the different narratives
Make a first draft of the structure of the publication (chapters etc)
Curate the information, to see what's most relevant and important

Research Action Points (Design)

PG online research
- images
- wiki
- videos
- social media
PG material research
- posterwall
- archive
- architecture
- who did their graphics before?
PG inhabitants discussion
- do they want a visual identity?
references to other designers
- design & politics
printing
- paper
- binding
- printer
- budget
- technique
typography

Production Action Points

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-– Decision on layout
+* Decision on layout
-– Decision on object (paper, binding…)
+* Decision on object (paper, binding…)
-– Layout / Typesetting
+* Layout / Typesetting
-– Editorial report rev.1
+* Editorial report rev.1
-– Implementation
+* Implementation
-– Editorial report rev.2
+* Editorial report rev.2
-– Last deadline detail typography
+* Last deadline detail typography
-. Nov – last deadline passing for print
+* 14. Nov – last deadline passing for print
-. Dex – publication launch
+* 6. Dec – publication launch
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