Reflections from Research Paper

Before we began the 7-in-7 exercise, ‘trust the process’ was one of of our class maxims. Looking at peers from other Major Studio 1 sections stressing over their prototypes was intimidating so initially I did not actually trust the saying ‘trust the process’. It seemed too easy or good to be true just as we were heading into an extremely busy week. Fortunately, our section started the exercise a few…

Wk 2 Blog Post: Seeing, Representation and Power Dynamics

Sturken and Cartwright’s Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture largely reminds of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing, a book that I read a few years ago. Berger’ talks about how seeing comes before words. This indicates how visual representations always have a greater claim over verbal or written representations. What is seen is usually put into words in an attempt to describe it, but during the process some…