Graduate Seminar 2016-2017

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7 Oct

The AIM of this weeks seminar is to focus particularly on the description of the proposed project:

10:00 Meet and Steve will give intro

10:30 Split into studio groups

Read each other's drafts and give feedback

Each writer will remain silent whilst they listen to the readers' feedback

Make sure your reader gets the answer to these questions:

1) What is the project? (give as concrete a description as possible)

2) What are the practical steps needed to make it?


13:00 Work on your proposal, dealing with the pointers your peers have made.

16:00 Meet as group to chart progress and set achievable aims for the next session (for your proposal AND your practical work)

Intro

You may be asking yourself:

Question: “What do I need to do ahead of the next Graduate Research seminar?”

Answer: “Two things: write a concrete proposal and make a prototype or experiment relating to said proposal”.

Recap: you are all pretty strong on analyzing the method you use and all of you have something interesting to read and write about, so now you need to A] write very practically about what you could make and how you would make it and place that at the beginning of your proposal (don't begin with abstract, theoretical things, the people assessing your proposal will first want to know what the project will be before they find out why it exists and the ideas behind it) B] make something (a model or a small prototype) ahead of the next session (October 7).

The deadline is the 16 November, which will fly by, so apply yourself to the task of writing as practical proposal as possible and making real work to test the proposal(s) you make.

When we meet next week I want to see material progress since the draft you made during the last session.


PROPOSAL FINAL VERSIONS

  1. Proposal: Tinder Aesthetics 16-11-15
  2. Proposal: Nr. 39 with Rice 16-11-15

DRAFTS

  • Benjamin:
  1. Proposal: Tinder Aesthetics (11-11-15)---> needs minor edits
  1. Proposal: Nr. 39 with Rice (16-11-15) ---> adjustment are still made, framework stands

+ arantxa https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/PROPOSAL

Thesis preamble 9-12-15

Today. Thesis: making a start

-- gathering stuff together for thesis


1) gather research material (remember your proposal is a very valuable document and could provide the basis for your thesis)

2) gather annotations

3) compile bibliography (then choose five key texts from your list)

4) thesis outline (abstract)

Get as much done as you can today, aim to get it all together for the first session (8 Jan 2016)

6-1-16

Writing tutors

Steve’s group

Lucas

Sol

Emily

Cihad

Benjamin

Thomas


Marloes de Valk’s group[

Manetta

Cristina

Rubin


Annet’s group

Arantxa

Joana

Julie

Allyson

General info re writing

Basic wiki style sheet

Titles and works = italics

Essays = Title in Caps

Notation = Harvard System (writer, page number) = (Smith, 26)


A Guide to Essay Writing

Jstor is a very useful resource

http://www.jstor.org/


Where to find books