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A process review
If I had to, I’d compare a process review to sipping tea by the sunrise on a easy Sunday morning. Or the gentile summer breeze on a nature walk. Or, id compare it to convincing a heard of ferile cats that jumping in your car for a joy ride is actually a good idea… not…
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Embodied Storytelling
Animating animators into living characters In this document, you will find detailed reflections of my process leading up to my workshop. Workshop information can be accessed here, or by following the link provided throughout the document. Initial proposal My initial directed studies proposal outline. Goals Why explore this workshop I am interested in how we…
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Experiential storytelling
Facilitator-led organized play and storytelling To varying degrees of commitment and duration, I participated in facilitator-led workshops and social group activities that incorporated embodied storytelling and the process of “getting out of your head” and into feeling and another state. I put myself in new milieus – dance classes, participating in one-shot Dungeons and Dragons…
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Dance dance, vegitation!
I was determined to get us moving. It’s bit ironic, thinking up a plan that would get people bustling with energy while my hips sunk lower than my knees sitting in Louise’s comphy woven lounge chair. Her warm yellow table light and oblong floor lamp creative a space of calm that let my eye wander…
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Exploration: community of care
I was tired. In mid-January, I was just returning from my month-long trip from the east coast of Canada. It wasn’t the flights or travel time that drained me, but the feeling of leaving people you love behind. I already missed connection and mourned the potential of settling building a home and community our in…
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I made a game
Below is a detailed process to explore playfulness and storytelling. It was a 5-week prompt completed during my graduate studies at Emily Carr. The Short The game was designed to encourage players to use their imagination and undermine their teammates. It was my attempt at exploring the difference between play and playfulness; whether subversive gameplay…
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Prompt 3 – Discourse
This project is an exemplification of the reading Poetic observations: Jane Fulton Suri’s chapter in the book Design Anthropology (2011). There are a few takeaways from Suri’s writing: An unexpected journey: visiting Fisher River A few days prior to the assignment, I had the opportunity to visit my reservation for the first time. It was…
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Prompt 2 – material
Animation: Paint-on-glass technique Two weeks ago, our Studio professor Cameron Neat waited for us all to sit down and proceeded to present us with our class’ second prompt: Material. We were encouraged to explore a material that’s fairly new to us through a daily practice. Perhaps a material that sparks interest or excitement. Let attraction…
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Prompt 1 – The Gift
I was excited about our first prompt. Namely, because it was an opportunity to connect with a classmate in a city I’m still getting to know. Charlie is a kind and thoughtful person learning the best way to represent traditional language from South-west China from a communication design angle. Neat! I felt like we had…
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