Sunday, 11 November 2018

COP2 - Study Task 1: Research Record

Research Record
Interests / practice
Children's Books
- fairy tales, their traditions, narratives and morals and how they are encompassed in illustrations and characters

Feminism
- female narratives, the importance of female stories

Handmade
- collage, aesthetic, qualities

Key words / phrases / concepts / theories
(use these as search terms)

Feminism: the advocacy of women's rights on the ground of equality of the sexes
 Advocacy: public support for or recommendation of a particular case or policy
→ Equality: the state of being equal - especially in status, rights or opportunities
→ Liberation: set someone free from imprisonment, slavery or oppression
→ Women's rights, human rights, 

Narratives: a spoken or written account of connected events; a story

Fairy tales: something resembling a fairy story in being magical, idealised or extremely happy
→ Folk tales: a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth
→ Regional? Country-based? Small communities?

Handmade: made by hand, not by machine, and typically therefore of superior quality
→ Patience, Repetition, Iteration, Focus.
Books. Journals. Articles. Practitioners. Examples.
• From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and their Tellers - Marina Warner
• Women Who Run with the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estés 
• On Monsters - Stephen Asma
• Media, Gender and Identity - David Gauntlett
• The work of Angela Carter
Primary Research Methods?
Visits / interviews / questionnaires / activities (If applicable)

I'd certainly like to compose a questionnaire of some description to collate more data relevant to my project and investigate my findings visually
Processes / Techniques
I'd like to investigate hand-made processes such as collage and print-making to give an authentic tone of voice to my zine