1) Based on the work you started in class last Monday, develop an outline of your final report (you can find the structure on this week’s slides)
Let me tell you a story (introduction and context)
describe, situate, illustrate
describe, situate, illustrate
—> Use of object story as an introduction for the paper and situate the reader by giving an example of how a student might feel like (first perspective view)
Ideas, anybody? (research question)
main + secondary questions
main + secondary questions
—> RQ: How does language barrier affect immigrant students during class?
—> How important it is to speak the same language, instant connection to someone else, how speaking in your 2nd language limits you “voice”, it is hard and you need to think things twice in order to be clear about how you are going to express your ideas.
Unpacking the issue (research insights)
key ideas (theories)context-specific data (interviews + mapping + surveys) bridging key ideas + context specific data.
—> First hand experience (me, friends) interview them and ask them about their experience in school and if language barrier has ever happened to them or how does it make them feel.
This is a Social Emergency: Working with scenarios inspired in real issues
Storyboard
—> Since what everything that is going on with Trump being the new president, my Social Emergency Storyboard is that he makes all immigrants take a test and if they don’t pass it then they can’t no longer stay in the US.
Let’s do this! (creative approach + process + outputs)
Studio project rationale (tactic star meets research plan)
Studio project rationale (tactic star meets research plan)
Prototyping
—> As a result of this idea of the language barrier, for my studio class I decided to create an art work piece that would represent an actual wall made out of dictionary paper and it would have different symbols and words that are going to be taken from flyers and posters put around school where people would be able to interact with them. By doing this I am including all the people and a huge community that is affected by this important issue. Later on I will probably be scanning and putting the final art piece up in some spots around school.
Lessons learned (final reflections)
About your studio proposal
About the issue
—> I am really excited about doing this studio piece as well as to see how it will turn out since it is a really important subject for me as well as one that has affected me and still is today. I am also looking forward on writing my paper about the issue since I want to make it really personal and generate empathy.
How can you keep this going? (resource(s) for implementation)
how could you pass your research on to someone else? How can your project spark new conversations?
how could you pass your research on to someone else? How can your project spark new conversations?
—> I think it would be interesting to talk to ISSS services once the project is done and they might be interested in my point of view as an international student and by looking at my experience they might be abel to improve some stuff so that the barrier is not that big but smaller.
2) Prepare a 2-min elevator pitch of your project. Your elevator pitch should be a short story that “sells your argument” and connects it with your studio proposal. Ideally, it should answer the questions: What did you do? How did you do it? What did you learn? (although not necessarily in this order).We’ll use that as a starting point for our discussion on storytelling strategies.
- An art piece (symbols used rather than words since they can be understand by everyone). Some words too… maybe in different languages?
- I learn that we unite in the diversity meaning that even thou we speak different languages, we have different cultural background and so much more, we are still curious creatures that want to learn more about others and emerge ourselves in new exciting things.