I'm going to leave the bulk of my notes on Ruth's lecture in my notebook. She did say that most of it is on blackboard for us to reference or reread, and my blog could get clogged with info that is hard to wade through. Here a few things that impacted me from the discussion:
Consider: research methods and research design (stages of work). Aim of methodology is to understand, broadly, not products of enquiry but PROCESS itself. Emphasis is not on kids TV show but on HOW it came to be.
Materials and methods are not innocent- they are encoded with historical knowledge and conventions- bound to conceptual and theoretical frameworks.
Barret and Bolt (Practice as Research) p 191
In my practice, the working title "Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know" is actually a quote about Lord Byron from one of his former lovers. Is it appropriate to attach that to a kid's tv show featuring a little girl? It has Baggage which cannot be dismissed lightly, and must be considered.
What does it mean when those words (mad, bad, dangerous) are attached to a female figure, a child? Are female children allowed the full breadth of human emotions? Discuss/consider the feminisation and masculinisation of some emotions. Are there any "gender neutral" emotional states?
Nia Glassie's murderers/abusers/neglectors were male AND female. How is emotional expression suppressed and encouraged to find an outlet through drugs and alcohol?
Upcoming assignment: Mini Pecha Kucha due week 9, 10 April
description on page 7 of research book.
10 slides, 20 seconds each (talk = 4 minutes max)
1st slide must clearly state question (year 3 research based)
make links to texts, authors, practitioners and own practice
research art/screen, historical and contemporary background
everything should relate to the project question
Use this to outline the upcoming proposal
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