OUIL501 – STUDY TASK 1 – ESTABLISHING A RESEARCH QUESTION
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Suggested Research Question.
This can be a topic or theme, but please try to be as precise as possible.
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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)
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Which Theorists Related to this question?
You can find these on eStudio - Try to list at least three.
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John Berger - Ways Of Seeing
Daniel Chandler - Notes on the Gaze
David Gauntlett - Media, Gender and Identity
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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