Monday, 6 February 2017

Study Task 2 - Establishing A Research Question

OUIL501 – STUDY TASK 1 – ESTABLISHING A RESEARCH QUESTION
Suggested Research Question.
This can be a topic or theme, but please try to be as precise as possible.
 How can Illustration change the conversation on mental health? 
Body Image - How do the pressure of society affect the way we view ourselves
 DIY Culture - zines and printmaking to spread ideas - how does this influence culture
Feminism in zines - Why young creatives are returning to print in the digital age 
How zines can influence and change the conversations on important topics (feminism, gender, race, mental health etc)
Which Theorists Related to this question?
You can find these on eStudio - Try to list at least three.

John Berger - Ways Of Seeing
Daniel Chandler - Notes on the Gaze
David Gauntlett - Media, Gender and Identity
Which Academic Sources Are Available On The Topic?
What examples of practice / practitioners / images have you discovered?
Include a Harvard Referenced bibliography of at least 5 possible sources.
Existing Feminist Zines
Riot Grrrl/Third Wave Feminism 
Magazines 
Melanie Ferris - Resisting Mainstream Media: Girls and the Act of Making Zines 
Alison Piepmeier - Girl Zines: making media, doing feminism 

How Could The Research Question Be Investigated Through Practice?
What types of illustrations would you make in response to this, and why? Think about processes too.
Collage - cut and paste - traditional DIY imagery 
Photocopied/altered imagery 
Found Imagery 
Drawing/type/collage
Examine a specific point of feminism and how this is explored through zines 
Body Image/Empowerment/Sexuality/Equality
Look at how zines are used to explore these topics/how found and reused imagery is used to create a new meaning/message


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