Looking at what is around you...

Who inspires you? 

What practioners, artists, scholars are in your field of practice, or outside of it and discussing the same things from different perspectives?

How do you situate yourself, your understanding of your professional practice in a framework of other artists work?

This TEDTalk from Thelma Golden is a reminder at this time to look at and consider the work of others around you, those who have gone before you. What questions have already been asked, what areas have been explored in art-based practices, how might you join the conversation?

A reminder that you, your practice, your research ideas, your research do not exist in isolation. 

Look, listen, question your own narrative as you build new frameworks for learning.

 

 

 

 https://www.ted.com/talks/thelma_golden_how_art_gives_shape_to_cultural_change?referrer=playlist-why_art_is_important_to_democracy

 

what are your thoughts?

Additional Session for Module Two - MORE focus

Adding an additional session next week for Module Two's to look specifically at the MORE application process - please do go through the form for yourself before then and come with questions to raise and things to discuss around ethics. 

 

TUESDAY MARCH 23RD 

6-7PM (UK)

ZOOM LINK IS IN THE FIRST FOLDER ON BAPP ACI PAGE ON UNIHUB

Mid-Term Supervisions and Drafts

 A note to draw your attention to the schedule as we approach the mid-term point and spring break.

Mid-Term Supervisions March 22-26

These are a chance to meet with your supervisor to discuss your work to date. 

For module one's this is a great point to have a conversation about your AOLs, essay and diagram.

For module two's you could use this to go through your MORE applications and discuss your literature review for your inquiry proposal.

Module three's it would be great to have conversations around how your data collection has been going and talk about your plans for analysis.

You should book in your mid-term supervision this week in preparation for the week of March 22. If I am your supervisor please book via doodlepoll - my availability for this week is posted there. 

If Adesola is your supervisor please respect that she is on sick leave and not responding to university emails. Please email Sam - s.murray@mdx.ac.uk to arrange a supervision with him for the week of March 22. 

 

Spring Break - March 29 - April 11

Please note there are no supervisions available during this break and emails sent should not expect a response until April 12.

Drafts:
Drafts are intended to initiate a feedback dialogue (verbally via a follow up supervision on skype, OR written via email) with your supervisor, they are not usefully used to ask if things are 'right' or sent with an expectation of receiving corrections, by way of a pre-marking opportunity.

Please do receive feedback as an extended discussion of your work and send a draft with the Feedback Discussion Form, noting the specific questions you have on this draft of work that you would like to initiate a discussion with, asking if it is on the right track is not really opening a conversation and offers little in return.

Often feedback contains prompts for further reading, suggested texts/practitioners to look at, comments regarding the level of critical thinking/analysis in your writing over overly descriptive personal narrative approaches etc.. Feedback comments are not telling you to 'correct' something and re-submit, but more trying to help you to move your thinking and writing on as we see the process of your work developmentally.

With this in mind, when you have received feedback on a draft of work, please take time to read and consider comments made, come back to your supervisor asking to extend the conversation, arrange a skype is you have further thoughts and questions as a result of the feedback, but please not to send a 2nd draft asking if the work is now correct, or continuous re-drafts up until the submission date.

Please take the time to save your work with your name and module number - saving work as 'BAPP' or 'Lit Review' on your own computer might make sense but be mindful that as we receive multiple drafts titled that it is not helpful to know whose work it is!  

Student Voice Leaders

 A note to inform you of your Student Voice Leaders - Student representatives for the BAPP programme this academic year:

Chloe Gentles - Module two

https://chloegentles.blogspot.com/

 

Emily Anderson - Module two

https://anderson-emily-ks.blogspot.com/

 

Logan McQuillan - Module One

https://keaneloggy123.blogspot.com/

SVLs act as a bridge in communications in some ways between your student community, BAPP Programme Leaders and the wider University. They represent your voices at an annual meeting in late March each year and so help support the on-going improvement and review of the programme. Your SVLs will be reaching out to you this coming week to ask for any areas of feedback you may like to offer, things that you've found helpful as well as areas you might suggest improvement in. Please do share so that your voices are represented. After the meeting at the end of March, your SVLs will arrange ways of feeding back information and discussions that arose.

Open Discussion Groups - Academic Writing Focus

Our Wednesday discussion groups this week (March 10th) will be led by Peter Thomas, 

Senior Lecturer in Academic Writing. 

 

Peter works in the Learning Enhancement Team at Mdx and is offering these sessions for you as ways to look at, think about and get into academic writing. The sessions are offered at 8.15am and repeated at 9pm (UK times). Please do make every effort to attend one of these times as you will have the opportunity to raise questions and discuss using examples from your own experiences. 

Trust, Fear, Choice

 A reminder this week of bodily processes we experience as we engage with new things, challenges, adventure, uncertainty.

 

Learn to listen to your body's responses, trust yourself and embrace the challenge!!

Aerialist Adie Delaney on Listening to your body's signals

https://www.ted.com/talks/adie_delaney_an_aerialist_on_listening_to_your_body_s_signals

What are your thoughts?