Category: Workshops

Phase 2 – 15 Marks in total (10- Presentation, 5 – Review)

In addition to the course booklet, this year, I have added a few more rules, here they go.

1. Develop a critique using your personal lens, well informed of other critiques about the project you have selected.
2. It is highly recommended that you find several books / critiques on your project. Online sources are shallow. Written critique is enriching. Name your sources on the last slide.
3. Develop a pdf that will contain 20 slides, 20 seconds each. The pdf itself will mainly be images / info graphics with little / no text.
4. You have to present in English.
5. You cannot read from the screen.. so you will / can hand handheld notes for each slide, study cards are highly recommended.
6. 5 days prior to the actual presentation, you will review your critique / take on the project with a one on one meeting with your instructor. (5 marks)
7. Set a personal time – about 20 minutes to discuss with your instructor, at a mutually agreed time – Whatsapp 442 461 9551
8. Please post your presentations here in this folder

Rem Koolhaas – Dutch House

• Mention deconstruvist movement and research it.
• Very well presented, of lenses slected.
• Go deeper in the theories of Rem
• Use bibliography from the Library / books

Paul Rudolph – Yale school of Art

• Very good presentation, well researched concepts of Rudolph
• Add bibliography
• Use references and state his themes clearly
• is there a master and slave relationship?

Toyo Ito – Tama Art museum

• Look at Kochuu the movie for getting Ito`s Concepts
• There is no grid, forced asymetry
• Engawa – from Japanese architecture- Is that concept here?
• What other traditional Japanese architecture principles are used here? where does he diverge?
• What is the poetry of light here?

Tatiana Bilbao – Funeraria Tangassi

• Look at similarity with Brion tomb
• Regionalizing this idea of a tomb
• Whats the significance of a pink gemstone?

Primary research

Based on our primary research, we have established our research interests and primary questions. We shall develop groups based on our common interests. (Maximum size 3)

Our main objective as groups is to develop a well directed, focused research paper.*  We have the following meetings with the families at Santiago mexquititlán.

*if a research paper is not feasible due to time / data constraints, a detailed blog citing aim, methodology, evidences, graphic information and directions of research shall be accepted.

Our Schedule

1. 3rd March, 2018: First meeting with families
2. 9th March 2018: Deadline for draft submission of written abstract and methodology.
3. 10th March, 2018: Optional voluntary second visit with families, carrying out methodologies
4. 12th March, 2018: Compilation of data, class discussion and critique. 
5. 17th March, 2018: Optional voluntary site visit to gather further information / Validate research.  
6. 19th March, 2018: First draft of paper, online submission
7. 26th March, 2018: Final paper submission, class discussion on third part of program. 

Here are the rules.

1. You shall start using the document, sign in and strictly work on the space allotted to your group. Do not worry about formatting as multiple editors will be working at the same time. The moderator (varun) will intervene if a clash exists.
2. You should cite any secondary research material: research papers, conferences, articles, music, documents, movies, books, magazines, stories, historic documents.. etc. 
3. You are not to edit others words (all edits are saved in google docs). However you can comment or suggest edits.
4. You are to read/ browse the research material of each of your colleagues and to comment on each.

Reading

You are strongly advised to read through research methods on anthropology, before making your second visit.

Bernard, H. Russell. Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=LvF-afWmvlkC&lpg=PR3&pg=PR5#v=onepage&q&f=false

Your grading breakup

Grading – 50% of the terms grade is dependent on the results of this objective.

1. 10% on commentaries on written work of your colleagues.
2. 10% on written abstract and methodology.
3. 10% on the compilation of data.
4. 20% Final paper

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFdA2-0GmBfb-zfqsXmyRD554m_DGZRVO9EWnzRzfgU/edit?usp=sharing

Gathering research perspectives

Based on the secondary research, you will with your group prepare to have the first contact with the families in Santiago Mezquititlan.

Introduction:

Last year, we were working with a family: Araceli and her father Don Jose. They are both still learning the traditional methods of agriculture. They are both open to sharing their know-how and their experience. Based on our personal experience in Santiago we believe that it its their family that most holds a grip on indigenous thought and traditional processes.  However we understand that the source of all knowledge in the family lies with Araceli´s Mom. She is quite reserved, and talks sparingly. Our main mission would be to gain the humble confidence of this family to share their experiences.

Then we shall move on to have lunch with Doña Vicky and her family. They too store maize and have their own Milpa. Vicky is rather modern in her thought process, but her mother is quite traditional.

This is our one chance to get to know our community in study.

Our preparation

We shall on the first site visit, focus on anthropological research: listening, observing, documenting. While we already have our groups, our research questions and our methodologies in mind. We shall not impose the methodology on them on the first visit. This visit is a chance to tune our understanding, refine our questions and rethink our methodologies.

We shall be documenting all our research, as a continuous document . Images shall be uploaded on this folder. You shall upload your written experience and images by 9:00 am on 6th March 2018.

Schedule

9:45: Briefing and Meeting at Hotel Escuela, Amealco: with Eugenio

10:00: Driving to Santiago Mezquititlan

10:30: Arrival at Home of Don Jose

2:00: Lunch with Doña Viky

3:00: Visit to home of Doña Vickys moms house.

4:00: Departure from Santiago Mezquititlan

Rules

1. Introduce yourself, your motive with love.
2. Be humble, as much as possible.
3. Do not have a preconceived notion of anything.
4. Do not take anything for granted.
5. Keep a notebook and a pen handy all the time.
6. Bring cameras: Take photos, with permission.