{"id":131,"date":"2024-08-27T03:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T03:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=131"},"modified":"2024-09-17T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:22:04","slug":"september-18-methods-toolkits-prototyping","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/portfolio\/september-18-methods-toolkits-prototyping\/","title":{"rendered":"September 18: Methods Toolkits \/ Prototyping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-1024x1019.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-1024x1019.png 1024w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-768x764.png 768w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-738x734.png 738w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store-996x991.png 996w, https:\/\/cimsmethods.wordsinspace.net\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-28-at-22-42-33-Present-Correct-on-Instagram-Boxes-trays-organisers.-Storing-neednt-be-boring-Online-_-in-store.png 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Csi68UfN2Jc\/\">Via Present &amp; Correct<\/a>; used with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you prepare your project proposals for submission next week, we\u2019ll use this week\u2019s class to further encourage you to think <em>creatively<\/em> and <em>capaciously <\/em>about theory and method \u2014 and about how to <em>design<\/em> complementary assemblages of theories and methods \u2014 by exploring the model of the <em>toolkit<\/em>. We\u2019ll then get extra-\u201cmeta\u201d by experimenting with theoretically-informed methods for designing, or prototyping, creative methods.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">WORKSHOP, 4:30-5:45pm: <\/mark><\/strong>Katie Giritlian from <a href=\"https:\/\/papercameras.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper camera press<\/a> has invited us to test their new <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1Wxtq-5B5j4YSr760aizfNr43kwSTzdagSslf4K4W7qc\/edit#slide=id.g2f220175e31_0_6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paper Camera Study Pack<\/a>. Katie will join us at 4:30 to introduce the project, we\u2019ll break into small groups to engage with the kit, and then Katie will re-join us near the end of our session to solicit our feedback on the study pack, which she\u2019ll then use to iterate its next version, and to discuss her goals for the project and the broader mission of paper camera press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">OPTIONAL: 6:00-7:30:<\/mark><\/strong> Anna Tsing on Concrete @ Widener Lecture Hall, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street [<a href=\"https:\/\/wolfhumanities.upenn.edu\/events\/tsing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">register here for in-person or virtual attendance!<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TO PREPARE FOR TODAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1vJIkktKLQCnNoR5EuWsIO6u4trqkILBT3e6PtrvWMVE\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Share one of your three reading responses<\/a> by noon, if you like.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read Shannon Mattern, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/tool-shed.org\/unboxing-the-toolkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unboxing the Toolkit<\/a>,\u201d <em>Toolshed <\/em>(July 9, 2021).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore a few theory-and-method kits: skim through Michael Newman\u2019s&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/find.library.upenn.edu\/catalog\/9978145009103681?hld_id=53700609420003681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Media Studies Toolkit<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>(Routledge, 2022) [available through Penn Libraries]; Tactical Tech\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/exposingtheinvisible.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exposing the Invisible\u201d kit<\/a> for investigative researchers; and this Arena channel of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.are.na\/shannon-mattern\/fieldwork-toolkits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fieldwork Toolkits<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skim through our Fall 2023 colleagues\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1MLQ_gTlinAos94jA1e9E5HT8KsUu69mzEPaoX0sJH4Q\/edit#heading=h.9tiui6cq5wc5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cinema and Media Studies Methods Toolkit<\/a>\u201d contributions&nbsp; \u2014&nbsp;particularly Elspeth Gow on \u201cClutter as Method,\u201d Xavier Xin on \u201cCritical Fabulation,\u201d Emily Grybos on \u201cCritical Technosocial Discourse Analysis,\u201d Basak Eren on \u201cFeminist Archival Research,\u201d and Mary Campbell on \u201cVisual-Textual Analysis.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And as we prepare to test <a href=\"https:\/\/papercameras.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paper camera press<\/a>\u2019s study pack, let\u2019s think about prototyping as a method of methodological development: Read Alberto Cors\u00edn Jim\u00e9nez, \u201cPrototyping\u201d in Celia Lury et al., <a href=\"https:\/\/www-taylorfrancis-com.proxy.library.upenn.edu\/books\/edit\/10.4324\/9781315714523\/routledge-handbook-interdisciplinary-research-methods-celia-lury-rachel-fensham-sybille-lammes-angela-last-mike-michael-emma-uprichard-alexandra-heller-nicholas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Research Methods<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>(Routledge, 2018) [available through Penn Libraries; the whole book is worth a skim!].&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Katie has offered a prompt: \u201cThe <em>Paper Cameras Study Pack <\/em>is a set of cards for critically studying photographs and articulating the relationships that make, and are made by, our images. On September 18th, students will use this deck to study one photograph of their own choosing. <br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">&#8230;..<\/mark><strong>As you think about your semester project (for which you\u2019ll submit a proposal next week!), <\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>pick one photograph<\/strong> that<\/mark> offers an entry point into the relationships, bodies of knowledge, and research to which you hope to attend. You can think of this photo as something that may ultimately be included in your final project, or simply as a material jumping off point that helps you warm up and start thinking about the many relationships and fields <em>of <\/em>your project.<br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">&#8230;..<\/mark>The cards function as viewfinders and invite tactile learning. If you are able to, I invite you to <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">print your photo<\/mark><\/strong> in some form, if it doesn\u2019t already exist as a physical print. It doesn\u2019t need to be a nice print, but just something tangible you feel comfortable touching. If printing is too tricky, no worries!! 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