Today we had
talked about module Three focus for study. We looked at the idea of an Artefact
and also themes
Artefact
The artefact is a
practice-based artefact that relates to your practice /experiences.
What you are
handing in for Module Three is an account of the inquiry process. From what you
planned, what happened, what you learnt from it themes that emerged from it and
what you feel it has said to your practice. That is being explained in three
ways. The same thing is being explained in the three ways – written paper
explains, practice-based artefact explains it and oral presentation explains
it. You are repeating yourself in terms of what you are explaining. But the
three ways of communication highlight and communicate differently and together
they give a more rounded glimpse of your inquiry process and work. So if you
find yourself repeating exactly the same words then you know you are not taking
advantage of all the different ways of communicating that the three mode of
communication offer.
‘From this I developed the notion of a 3D
idea. This is the notion that an idea generated by the nucleus of embodied
experience has aspects of it that are well communicated in words, but also has
aspects of it that are well communicated physically as well as experientially
and representationally. All of these aspects do not replace each other but
rather seem to add layers of depth to the communication of the idea and so also
to the understanding of the kernel of the idea that was generated through the
embodied experience.’ Akinleye
2013 PhD thesis
Themes
We also talked
about themes:
Being able to
articulate what your themes are is really important because the themes tell you
have done some analysis!! You might have started with themes that have shifted
or changed during the course of the inquiry. You might has started with no
themes and now have some. There might be things/words/ideas that keep coming up
– (they are probably a theme!!).
The themes will
inform the Artefact’s form to some extent because the themes are like the
pillars (structures) that have emerged from your experiences within the
inquiry.
Artefacts: not
about Findings its about the process of the inquiry. The artefact, oral presentation
and essay are three ways of saying the same thing.
The themes are in
the Artefact.
The artefact is
flexible, you can document it.
The Artefact is
your journey
Artefact is not
more words
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