Graduate Seminar 2018-2019
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Intro
This is the page for the Graduate Research Seminar 2018-2019 run by Steve Rushton and Marloes de Valk.
The outcome of the seminar is:
Trimester four: a Graduate Project Proposal (1500 words) + Trimester four and five: Thesis (8000 words).
The seminar will comprise individual tuition with Steve or Marloes and group sessions on specific methods (including peer to peer commentary, editing and proofing). The days set aside for the seminar will be devoted to achieving specific outcomes which further the research and completion of the proposal and thesis. This page will be used to upload information on your Project Proposal and Thesis and to serve as an ongoing record of research.
HOW THE SESSIONS ARE STRUCTURED
The Graduate Seminar 2018–2019 with Marloes & Steve
The sessions will be for all second year media students: Y2LB and XPub
The sessions will take place every other Thursday.
The sessions will be all day workshops.
For each session the students will set aims at the end of the day the results will published on the wiki and reviewed by the group.
Achievable aims will be set ahead of the next session.
Sessions will include group work, individual work and individual tutorials with Marloes & Steve
Outcome: Project Proposal (trim 4)
Outcome: Thesis (trim 4 & 5)
PREPARATION FOR THE FIRST SESSION:
First session pdf
Be prepared to give an account of where you are at with your self-directed research and talk about what you want to achieve this year.
Think concretely about what you want to make, how you are going to make it and why you are going to make it.
Consider:
What possibilities are open to you? (It is understood that making a final project is a process and things will change as you work on it)
What material from the 'text on method' you wrote last trimester could be useful for the proposal?
What material have you written (descriptions of work , assignments for last year's methods class &c) which you can use?
Review the written feedback from tutors you got from the last assessment and have it available for reference during the first session
PROJECT PROPOSAL
Publish your draft here:
Here is the link to the
KEY DATES PROJECT PROPOSAL
November 23 = Graduate Proposal Deadline:
THESIS
Handbook details- thesis and final project
Criteria for evaluation (Thesis)
KEY DATES THESIS
November 9 - Thesis outline (what form will it take?)
December 10 - Deadline First Chapter
February 16: Deadline First Draft Thesis
March 5: Joint2: Deadline Second Draft thesis (texts to 2nd readers)
March 16: Deadlines Second readers' comments
April 5: DEADLINE THESIS
Sessions
Session Two Oct 4
10:00 – 10:15 Intro: the plan for today and questions.
10:15 – 11.15 Review proposal draft in 2 groups, including the mini-prototype/gesture in the direction of your research.
11:15 – 13:15 Working on the hack-pact, sketch.
LUNCH 13:15-14:15
AFTER LUNCH WE WORK ON THESIS OUTLINE
14:15 – 15:15 Short intro on how to start writing an outline. Emphasis on using the outline as a flexible document, a work in progress that can help you find focus.
15:15 – 16:30 Write. Steve and Marloes are around to help out.
16:30 – 17:00 Meet up to discuss work load ahead of next meeting. Brief chat about Jstor / aaarg / Royal Library / …
Outcomes for next meeting 18 October:
- Draft thesis outline
- Continue the annotated bibliography by describing how the texts relate to your research (word limit of 200 words).
- Draft of proposal (15 October upload and Marloes and Steve give feed back ahead of the next session).
- “Hackpact” a sketch each day - write a few lines on each of these experiments. Upload on wiki.
Here are the slides: https://bleu255.com/~marloes/.share/pzi/session-2-slides-redriding.pdf
Session Three Oct 18
PROPOSAL
10:00- 10:15 Group meeting to discuss plan for the day. Questions about last session & homework.
10:15- 11:35 Meet in two groups, go through draft proposals & hackpacts, problems encountered, give each other feedback on texts. 10 mins (approx) per person+-.
Group A (with Marloes)
Alice
Henrietta
Sal
Alex
Sinyoung
Zalan
Rosella
Ana
Group B (with Steve)
Ewan
Joca
Angeliki
Natascha
Zhibin Qin
Dorothy
Michael
Lotte
11:35-13:00 Write & work on your proposal.
13.15 - 14.15 LUNCH
THESIS
14:30 – 15:30 In groups of 3, review each others thesis outline and annotated bibliography. Give feedback.
15:30 – 17:00 Write - Steve and Marloes give individual tutorials where needed.
Outcomes for next meeting:
- Reworked draft thesis outline, more detailed this time.
- Draft of project proposal nearing final version.
- “Hackpact” a sketch a day. Include these in your project proposal!
Session four Nov 01
Individual sessions with Steve & Marloes. Please sign up for a slot on the Calendar entry page! https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Calendars:Networked_Media_Calendar/Networked_Media_Calendar/01-11-2018_-Event_1