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