Formulating a Learning agreement

why what how

why

why are you doing it?

what

what do you hope to gain?

what are your core ideas?

what interests you?

can you write this down in a sentence?

how

how do you write about what you do?

how do you write about what you don’t know?

how do you project into and predict the future?

how to begin to find answers?

what

what do you want to achieve?

what are you going to do?

MA-ness

is the proposal feasible?

is the proposal of an MA level?

content - advicethink about what you would like to study and how this relates to your practice

focus on the issues you wish to pursue

define the scope and nature of the study

identify your learning needs

be clear and precise about what it is that you are planning to do

practical - advicetimetable

how much time are you going to give?

what can you do in the time you are willing to give to the course? – be honest

ability

do you need to learn new skills ?

budget

how much are you willing to spend ?

practical - adviceresources

identify access and resource issues

reference material requirements

how

how do you achieve success?

how are you going to achieve the learning outcomes of the unit?

how does your proposal relate to the aims and assessment criteria of the unit?

contextual practice

your making - contextual framework

social political

personal

critical/theoretical

historical geographical

institutional cultural

social context

Making and seeing an image always takes place in a social context. The way it is seen and how it is seen are culturally constructed.

Audience for work - who is included/excluded/implicated on the ways an image is produced, circulated and consumed

political context

Specific political issue

broad political issue

gender - race - ethnicity - sexual orientation - class - disability - religion

personal contextBiography - narrative of the selfparticular issues - memoriesWhat motivates/ drives you?Your particular skills as an artist/ designer/writer/photographerWhat strategies do you use when the work is not going well?How do you relate to the forces that in part condition what you know and in which you make things?

critical/theoretical context

Does your work relate to particular critical debates about contemporary art and design practices?

Is your work informed by/engaging with/contesting particular theoretical frameworks/issues?

historical context

Understand how/whether your practice relates to a tradition, with a history

How knowledge relates to periods in time.

geographical contextLocal, regional, national, international, global.

Where do you make your work?

Do you make your work in relation to a particular place?

studio home church city rural cyberspace

institutional context

MA Course - school of design

Your educational background/experience

Your professional background/experience

Your family background/experience

cultural context

In it’s broadest sense - ‘a whole way of life’ - this relates to all the other categories.

More specifically, what works of artists, designers, writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians are important to you and your work - why?

mapping your practice

Any other contexts worth considering?

Importance

Overlapping

change - evolution of practice

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TO FLOWTO SWIRLTO ROTATETO SMEARTO FLOODTO FIRETO IMPRESSTO INLAYTO LIFTTO CURVE TO SUPPORTTO HOOKTO SUSPENDTO SPREADTO HANGOF TENSIONOF GRAVITYOF ENTROPYOF NATUREOF GROUPINGOF LAYERINGOF FELTINGTO COLLECTTO GRASPTO TIGHTENTO BUNDLETO HEAPTO GATHER

TO ARRANGETO REPAIRTO DISCARDTO PAIRTO DISTRIBUTETO SURFEITTO SCATTERTO COMPLEMENTTO ENCLOSETO SURROUNDTO ENCIRCLETO HIDETO COVERTO WRAPTO DIGTO TIETO BINDTO WEAVETO JOINTO MATCHTO LAMINATETO BONDTO HINGETO MARKTO EXPANDTO DILUTETO LIGHTTO REVISE

TO MODULATETO DISTRILLOF WAVESOF ELECTROMAGNETICOF INERTIAOF IONIZATIONOF POLARIZATIONOF REFRACTIONOF SIMULTANEITYOF TIDESOF REFLECTIONOF EQUILIBRIUMOF SYMMETRYOF FRICTIONTO STRETCHTO BOUNCETO ERASETO SPRAYTO SYSTEMATIZETO REFERTO FORCEOF MAPPINGOF LOCATIONOF CONTEXTOF TIMETO TALKOF PHOTOSYNTHESISOF CARBONIZATION

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