ART Course-JOURNAL

\Don’t need 6600 Words, need 24 pages of required.
JOURNAL

The word ‘journal’ is rooted in the word ‘daily’ (journée means day in French). The core
idea therefore in the context of this course is that this is a place where you will assemble
your daily (or almost) record of the research (tests, sketches, readings, viewings,
listenings, etc.) that you undertake throughout the semester. You can also think of it as a
sketchbook. The one key difference from a purely personal journal or sketchbook is that
it must be organized and be made presentable—part of your task here involves editing.
In other words, you may have an ongoing journal/sketchbook that is in its raw form that
provides the bulk of the elements to what you eventually hand in, but the final version
should be a selection thereof. The overall format is open, it is recommended that you
include an introduction, a table of contents, and a chronological structure—but feel free
to diverge if some or all of these do not fit with the format you’ve devised. Needless to
say the final submission must be digital (pdf, website, MSWord, etc.). You may include
texts, images, videos, sounds. Given the potentially non-linear nature of the journal, it is
difficult to pinpoint an amount of content that’s expected. Suffice to say that quality
always trumps quantity. Another way to put it is that you should show evidence that
you’ve gone beyond the quick google search and Wikipedia entry.
The classes without Guest Speakers on October 22 and November 26 will be dedicated
primarily to tracking your progress on this assignment and the Solo Research Project.