visual thinking and the art of research and writing
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Stacy Brinkman and Diane Fellows presentation for the "Collaborative Ventures, Collaborative Gains" session at the VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd Joint Conference in Minneapolis, MN.TRANSCRIPT
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Visual Thinkingand the Art of Research and Writing
Stacy Brinkman, M.A., M.L.S.Diane Fellows, M.F.A., M.Arch.
Miami University
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• 2 or 3 year program• 12-16 per cohort
• Design and Research Methods course
• Thesis: conference-ready paper + design
• Librarian as embedded partner
Context: M. Arch program at Miami University
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I don’t know what to write about
I’ve never really done serious research before
Writing doesn’t come naturally to me
I’m excited to do something original, but I don’t know what that will be
How do I know if my topic is any good?
Common anxieties
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How can
visual tools and methods encourage
design students to engage in the entire
research and writing process?
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Familiar Practices:Sketch notebooks, media,hand drawings, posters
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• 10 minute freewrites• 40 per semester• “Low-stakes” writing
• In-class freewrites are shared: developing voice
“Sketch” writing
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Man on the Moon (1999)
Milos Forman, directorScott Alexander &Larry Karaszewski, script
CAST:Jim CarreyDanny DeVitoCourtney LovePaul Giamatti
Who is your audience?
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Graffiti Boarding
Public, interactive concept maps and notes/sketches
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PreliminaryPosters
overGraffitiBoards
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“Final” posters in gallery
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Sensory / feeling space / non-visual… Is this about haptic design?
What makes something “playful?”
See Michel de Certeau’s Practice of Everyday Life
Does atemporal = timeless?
How are these ideas [of empathy and community] necessarily related?
Liminal space as a PAUSE… “Ma” 間 in Japanese theater
Some student questions from poster/graffiti boards
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Student/faculty “soiree”
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Research process of graffiti boarding
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