« Week #2 Assignment: Personal Item Reflection | Main | Thesis Update & 3 Sources »
January 26, 2006
Thesis Questions "Answered"
I'm still figuring out what form my project will take, but I'm starting to solidify my interests.
1. An area of interest you've identified:
* The poignancy of the past
2. Questions/Opportunities
* When do I find something to be poignant?
* Are there general patterns to what everyone finds poignant? (e.g. Hollywood moments)
* How can I create a piece where the audience finds their own poignancy, rather than simply understanding how I feel about something?
3. Methods/Processes used to explore questions
* Introspective analysis
* External research of psychological or critical studies analyses that have been done on the meaningfulness of artifacts and memories
* Discussion of methods of history education
4. Topics/Subjects of Interest
* Revolutionary/Early Republic America (1770-1830)
* History of clothing
* Family history/memory
5. Genre & Audience
* Interactive immersive installation with physical artifacts (i.e. not just pressing buttons)
* Ages 10 and up, probably only one visitor or one cooperative group at a time
6. Audience Terminology
* Visitor
Posted by rosenblj at January 26, 2006 09:57 AM
Comments
Don't forget music and sound in your opportunities/methods thinking. Music is central to (literal) Hollywood Moments, it is used deliberately to evoke "poignancy." I keep pushing USC research, but there is a whole Brain Center doing FMRI studies of empathy and emotion, you might be able to find someone who's included studies of artifacts and memories. I'm interested in your interest in clothing: Are you more intested in design, function, the textile industry (home weaving to factory production, native dyes vs. imported, distribution via the dry goods stores, building up the community etc etc), or the signs and signifiers of costume? Can you say more?
Posted by: pweil ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://interactive.usc.edu/members/rosenblj/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 27, 2006 07:24 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)