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Practicing thinking about all the thinking that goes into sharing who we are with others
Objective:
One of the main intellectual (and emotional) activities of this course is the gathering of ideas, words, artifacts, records, evidence, and memories — and then sifting through these things, sorting them, and making decisions about what to share with others. The key element here is deciding what to share. The word that describes this activity is curation. Before we can pursue careers or promotions, before we apply for scholarships, internships, graduate or professional school, before we decide which of our skills to build on and which of experiences to repeat or enhance we must first take inventory of what we already know and what we’ve already experienced. Then we decide which parts to focus on, which parts to share, in order to curate our collection of items that tell a story about ourselves.
Importantly, part of the curation process is deciding what story you want to tell about yourself. For example, if I select some of my experiences to share with others, I might be able to highlight one aspect of my personality or identity; if I select different experiences and knowledge, I might highlight a different aspect of my personality or identity. Consider the way you talk at a party or gathering: do you share stories that are funny to make yourself seem like a fun person? Do you choose to set aside sad stories at that moment?
Museum Exhibit
You will create a little museum exhibit about yourself. Museums own more artwork than they can show at one time–they put some artwork on the walls, while the rest is in the basement. Consequently, museum officials look through the collection to pull out specific pieces for exhibits — selected holdings connected by a theme. For this assignment, you’ll make a digital exhibit of items in your home that when displayed together tell a story about who you are. You are limited to three items.
Select three items — photos, mementos, dishes, artwork, clothes, plants, etc — that when displayed together tell a story about who you are. You’ll likely change your mind a few times before settling on the final three. Only three. No exceptions.
Arrange each item by itself against a plain background — on the grass in your backyard, on an empty table, on your bed, etc. And take a picture of each item.
For each item, give the piece a name, and write a 75-word didactic panel. A didactic panel is a little panel that’s next to a piece of artwork.
Here is a real-world example. I’m also including an example of my own.
Title: Yellow Green Lunch Box. This lunch box was given to me by my sister more than 5 years ago; she saw it on a trip to New York and got it for me because she thought I needed a way to bring vegetarian meals to work. There weren’t many dining options near my office that fit my diet. This lunch box helps illustrate my identity because it shows that my sister was thinking about me even though we were far apart and because it has great design and function; I care about all these things. I no longer eat a vegetarian diet but I still carry this lunch box to work every day — it is great for snacks, and reminds me of how beautiful, gentle, and affirming life can be sometimes.
Didactic Panel
Your didactic panel should be about 75 words long and tell the viewer what he or she is looking at and why this artifact helps illustrate who you are. Also, just as a museum exhibit has a theme, your three artifacts should work together to illustrate some aspect of who you are. In other words, the three items you choose should not feel random. Instead, they should feel like together they tell a story about you.
What to post on the Discussion Board:
Your digital exhibit
After you are done posting, you will comment on two peers’ posts. Importantly, if you do not comment on two peers’ posts, you have not completed the assignment and will not receive full credit.
Always read the point distribution and word count specification for discussion board posts — this distribution may be different for later Discussion Board Post assignments.
