17/04/08 04:06
Monumental Community Connections
The goal was to become familiar with the historical narratives of our community. Mr. Miller made a podcast with Mr. James Malley (an administrator from Central Office) that provided insights into our communal past. We then used corrugated board and hot glue to construct "monuments" to a real or fictitious person of local historical significance.
Prompt: To whom do monuments "speak" and through what language?
As usual we wrote prompt papers before and reflection papers after making the artifact. This time we had great fun with the reflection papers because we were instructed to explain who our monuments commemorated and where we envisioned the installation of our monuments and why. After hearing the made - up "histories" of our classmates we questioned the "truth" of universally accepted narratives.
Note: The "projects" link to the right includes images I used for my presentation at the 2008, NAEA conference. Read More...
The goal was to become familiar with the historical narratives of our community. Mr. Miller made a podcast with Mr. James Malley (an administrator from Central Office) that provided insights into our communal past. We then used corrugated board and hot glue to construct "monuments" to a real or fictitious person of local historical significance.
Prompt: To whom do monuments "speak" and through what language?
As usual we wrote prompt papers before and reflection papers after making the artifact. This time we had great fun with the reflection papers because we were instructed to explain who our monuments commemorated and where we envisioned the installation of our monuments and why. After hearing the made - up "histories" of our classmates we questioned the "truth" of universally accepted narratives.
Note: The "projects" link to the right includes images I used for my presentation at the 2008, NAEA conference. Read More...