Driving Question: How can I use video to present my investigations (SPEED factors) into the lives of the Zapotec people of Oaxaca, Mexico?
Project Summary: For his project, Diego focused on the death of indigenous languages in Oaxaca and how the Zapotec people are fighting to keep their language alive, despite the odds.
Student Reflection: “Even though I live in Mexico, exploring another side of the culture was really interesting, such as language death. Connecting with people and learning about the story was something special that I can’t really put into words.”
Driving Question: How can I apply an understanding of flow state into physical activity and self reflection order to increase my well being?
Project Description:
For this module, as a way to further learn about the flow state, I began learning how to hula hoop. During this process, I documented my practice each week and made a compilation video of my progress. This video shows my progress from when I first got my hoop, only knowing a few simple tricks, to six weeks in, when I have learned several more complex techniques.
Reflection:
“For me, what was most interesting about this project was not so much the hula hooping aspect, but learning about the flow state. I have been interested in neuroscience for quite some time now, and it was fascinating to be learning about something I could so clearly see demonstrated in my life through the practice with hula hooping.”
Driving Question: How can I use creative art practices to engage in discourse and dialogue on counterculture, social justice or everyday life through zines?
Project Description:
In this module I made a zine (book) about the life of Rupert Murdoch, why he does what he does, and how his influence works.
Quote:
I learned that with a little bit of inspiration and a non-judgemental audience, art becomes a lot easier.
Driving Question: How can we think critically to effectively inform citizens in a media manipulated world?
What were your goals for this module? How did you achieve them?
Our goal was to raise awareness about hemp and show some common misconceptions about this plant while connecting it all to the theme of sustainability. We presented our campaign on Instagram.
What did you learn about yourself or about your creative process or about your medium?
We learned that the process of choosing a font is a very long one and that critical thinking skills can help us find misconceptions in the social media world.
Driving Question: How can we think critically to effectively inform citizens in a media manipulated world?
Summative Assessment: You can find their final product on Instagram.
What were your goals for this module? How did you achieve them?
Our goal was to change the narrative behind protest art being seen as performative and vandalism. We want to show the impact protest art had on protest movements, so we decided to create an Instagram page where we showed examples of its impact and us breaking down the narrative.
What did you learn about yourself or about your creative process or about your medium?
We learned key social media skills on how to present an idea on a platform such as Instagram and how social media can be used to inform people on important matters.
