Quality, exegetical writing can be constrained when students marginalize poetic ways of thinking ... more Quality, exegetical writing can be constrained when students marginalize poetic ways of thinking and replace them with carefully edited accounts that reshape the role and nature of emotional response. In the pursuit of rational, theoretically groomed accounts of practice, they can sometimes end up misrepresenting the embodied nature of their inquiries. Considering burgeoning research into poetic inquiry (PI) in the social sciences, this article employs a case study of five doctoral graduates in art and design who have articulated the role of poetic thinking in their creative practice theses. In addition to offering illustrations of how practice-led researchers use PI, the examples demonstrate ways in which poetic approaches can be employed to enhance communicative clarity beyond the constraints of conventional academic writing. Specifically, the examples demonstrate how poetic writing is used to process and articulate indigenous knowledge, enhance embodied thinking and inquiry and d...
This article considers a non-written form of screenplay. In so doing, it illustrates a trajectory... more This article considers a non-written form of screenplay. In so doing, it illustrates a trajectory of thinking where drawing methods were employed in the development of a cinematic narrative. These visual approaches replaced creative processing normally associated with writing. In discussing the author’s short film Sparrow, the exposition examines three processes. The first method, gestational drawing, was employed as a ‘story finding’ device. The second, immersive drawing, was used to refine thematic intensity in the work. Finally, directorial drawing was employed as a catalyst for discussion when collaborating with actors and production crew. In discussing these drawing methods, the article proposes the concept of ‘screenplay’ as a verb and an active space where a developer of cinematic narratives might work beyond the parameters of writing, to ideate, refine and artistically compose image-led, cinematic narratives.
This meta-analysis constitutes an attempt at mapping LGBT research in Israel with respect to its ... more This meta-analysis constitutes an attempt at mapping LGBT research in Israel with respect to its evolution and distribution of various attributes. Due to the relatively small size of Israel, it is possible to aggregate the entire catalogue of academic studies carried out within this field. The corpus includes all scholarly works (n=586) published about LGBT people and/or related issues in Israel between 1942 and 2018. Several aspects were critically examined: historical trajectories and distributions of languages, disciplines, topics, genres, researched populations and authors. This meta-analysis sheds light on how changes in the social sphere paved the way for the sudden growth in this field and how other macro-level phenomena affected various aspects of the field. The evolution of LGBT studies in Israel is characterized, inter alia, by a spiral movement that was driven by a nucleus of pioneering scholars who have been paving the way for others.
Este artigo considera o conceito de pesquisa artística como uma abordagem para a geração e compre... more Este artigo considera o conceito de pesquisa artística como uma abordagem para a geração e compreensão de conhecimento. Começa com uma breve consideração do desenvolvimento histórico da investigação artística e sua relação com os processos e artefatos de pesquisa. Em seguida, discute um projeto específico de pesquisa de doutorado, “Realidades mágicas - Uma consideração criativa das potencialidades narrativas e ilustrativas do realismo maravilhoso”, como uma forma de “produção criativa”. O projeto de tese, que é formatado como um livro de histórias impresso, explora os potenciais da narração polifocal e da ilustração sincrética enquanto aspectos de uma narrativa que podem ser expandidos digitalmente. Ao atuar no desenvolvimento iterativo da pesquisa, utiliza-se de um referencial metodológico que integra a investigação heurística e a prática reflexiva por meio de três métodos inter-relacionados: os diários da designer, a montagem interativa, a visão geral e teste, e o uso estratégico ...
Esta edição especial do DAT Journal considera o pensamento do Sul. Ela parte da seguinte indagaçã... more Esta edição especial do DAT Journal considera o pensamento do Sul. Ela parte da seguinte indagação: “No lugar em que a prática é constituída como investigação, como seriam as vozes do Sul na pesquisa em Arte e Design?” Em 2009, Raewyn Connell publicou um livro chamado Southern Theory (Teoria do Sul). Respondendo às crescentes preocupações sobre a maneira pela qual o Norte Global domina o modo como o discurso é moldado e disseminado, a autora questiona a validade de representar o conhecimento global a partir de uma perspectiva essencialmente cosmopolita. A crítica de Connell desafiou as percepções de que o Sul Global era periférico. Mas, afinal, o que é esse tal Sul Global e como isso afeta o conhecimento? Srinivas Aravamundan argumenta que Norte e Sul são “ontologias relacionais e dialéticas, e não absolutas”1 , e Anthony Gardner sugere que o processo de construção de conhecimento do Sul é essencialmente “um modo de questionamento (...) tanto analítico quanto catalítico.”2 Certament...
A pesquisa practice-led (conduzida pela prática) permite que os realizadores de arte e design des... more A pesquisa practice-led (conduzida pela prática) permite que os realizadores de arte e design descubram, apliquem e comuniquem conhecimentos originais que têm implicações diretas para a sua prática. Desde a década de 1980, internacionalmente, o surgimento da pesquisa de doutorado practice-led abriu as portas para que esses profissionais pudessem desenvolver abordagens metodológicas distintas à maneira como transitam a construção do conhecimento em ação. Este artigo discute um desses projetos. Dentro dele, métodos imersivos e reflexivos foram desenvolvidos para aumentar a profundidade da comunicação entre um fotógrafo e a terra que ele registra. A tese, “O Processo de Fotografia Imersiva: Além do Cognitivo e do Físico”, considera as relações entre a terra como um sistema vivo e uma forma de incorporação (embodiment) do pesquisador. Esta concretização envolve um processo habitar que se baseia em formas físicas, cognitivas e espirituais de sentir e conhecer. As imersões do pesquisador ...
Film titles are distinctive paratextual artefacts that while supporting and normally prefiguring ... more Film titles are distinctive paratextual artefacts that while supporting and normally prefiguring a film or television series, orchestrate unique modes of address into an expression of identity. These multimodal texts have a bifurcate function. First they establish the film’s title and list the primary creative and management team behind the production. In addition, they can also become unique expressions that interpret the ethos of a film. As such they increasingly stand as appreciable design works in their own right. This article considers the design process and eventual form of a 45-second title sequence developed for the six-part television drama series
... Some structural characteristics of music television videos. The southern speech communication... more ... Some structural characteristics of music television videos. The southern speech communication journal, 52 (2), 151-164. Gaiman, N., & McKean, D. (1992). Mr Punch. ... Auckland University of Technology. Ings, W. (2004a). Vanessa Wedding. Oral history interview. ...
This paper considers the means by which the short film Munted (Ings 2011) was drawn into being. I... more This paper considers the means by which the short film Munted (Ings 2011) was drawn into being. It discusses drawing and interior dwelling as enstasic methodological practices. In so doing, it suggests that such approaches to the design of filmic narratives might enable the designer to reach into ideation and outwards into the communicative appearance of the text. Figure 2. Munted is an unusual film about a false accusation of paedophilia and its terrible consequences. Set in 1961 in a remote rural New Zealand community, it tells the story of a ten-year old girl (Katrina) and her friendship with a brain damaged artist (Don). It offers a lyrical and brutal account of the cost of rumour and prejudice.
This paper begins with a brief discussion of interdisciplinary connections between linguistics an... more This paper begins with a brief discussion of interdisciplinary connections between linguistics and typography. It then offers a consideration of how typography used in queer film has been employed to marginalise gay men. In doing so, the article examines recurring typographical profiles in promotional material that reinforce notions of gay men as the other. Within this consideration it locates typographical depictions of the internally discordant, the damaged threat, and the passive-aggressive. In discussing these specific approaches to the typographical depiction of gay men in cinema, the paper traces a development from marginalisation to self-assertion. Set against this discussion, the paper examines how typography designed for the short film boy (Note 1) looked beyond these precedents for inspiration. In doing this, the designer considered themes embedded in the argot of the New Zealand male prostitute. (Note 2) This language form is permeated by themes of detachment and ecclesiasticism. By applying these metaphors to the short film's visual and typographical design, the director discusses how an alternative, distinctive, and arguably more authentic gay voice was created.
This article uses a case study to discuss drawing and interior dwelling as enstasic methodologica... more This article uses a case study to discuss drawing and interior dwelling as enstasic methodological practices that reach potentials beyond those available to thinking prescribed by the written word. In considering the means by which the short film Munted (Ings 2011) was drawn into being, it suggests that drawn approaches to the design of filmic narratives might enable the designer to reach in unique ways, into ideation and outwards into the communicative content and appearance of a text.
Quality, exegetical writing can be constrained when students marginalize poetic ways of thinking ... more Quality, exegetical writing can be constrained when students marginalize poetic ways of thinking and replace them with carefully edited accounts that reshape the role and nature of emotional response. In the pursuit of rational, theoretically groomed accounts of practice, they can sometimes end up misrepresenting the embodied nature of their inquiries. Considering burgeoning research into poetic inquiry (PI) in the social sciences, this article employs a case study of five doctoral graduates in art and design who have articulated the role of poetic thinking in their creative practice theses. In addition to offering illustrations of how practice-led researchers use PI, the examples demonstrate ways in which poetic approaches can be employed to enhance communicative clarity beyond the constraints of conventional academic writing. Specifically, the examples demonstrate how poetic writing is used to process and articulate indigenous knowledge, enhance embodied thinking and inquiry and d...
This article considers a non-written form of screenplay. In so doing, it illustrates a trajectory... more This article considers a non-written form of screenplay. In so doing, it illustrates a trajectory of thinking where drawing methods were employed in the development of a cinematic narrative. These visual approaches replaced creative processing normally associated with writing. In discussing the author’s short film Sparrow, the exposition examines three processes. The first method, gestational drawing, was employed as a ‘story finding’ device. The second, immersive drawing, was used to refine thematic intensity in the work. Finally, directorial drawing was employed as a catalyst for discussion when collaborating with actors and production crew. In discussing these drawing methods, the article proposes the concept of ‘screenplay’ as a verb and an active space where a developer of cinematic narratives might work beyond the parameters of writing, to ideate, refine and artistically compose image-led, cinematic narratives.
This meta-analysis constitutes an attempt at mapping LGBT research in Israel with respect to its ... more This meta-analysis constitutes an attempt at mapping LGBT research in Israel with respect to its evolution and distribution of various attributes. Due to the relatively small size of Israel, it is possible to aggregate the entire catalogue of academic studies carried out within this field. The corpus includes all scholarly works (n=586) published about LGBT people and/or related issues in Israel between 1942 and 2018. Several aspects were critically examined: historical trajectories and distributions of languages, disciplines, topics, genres, researched populations and authors. This meta-analysis sheds light on how changes in the social sphere paved the way for the sudden growth in this field and how other macro-level phenomena affected various aspects of the field. The evolution of LGBT studies in Israel is characterized, inter alia, by a spiral movement that was driven by a nucleus of pioneering scholars who have been paving the way for others.
Este artigo considera o conceito de pesquisa artística como uma abordagem para a geração e compre... more Este artigo considera o conceito de pesquisa artística como uma abordagem para a geração e compreensão de conhecimento. Começa com uma breve consideração do desenvolvimento histórico da investigação artística e sua relação com os processos e artefatos de pesquisa. Em seguida, discute um projeto específico de pesquisa de doutorado, “Realidades mágicas - Uma consideração criativa das potencialidades narrativas e ilustrativas do realismo maravilhoso”, como uma forma de “produção criativa”. O projeto de tese, que é formatado como um livro de histórias impresso, explora os potenciais da narração polifocal e da ilustração sincrética enquanto aspectos de uma narrativa que podem ser expandidos digitalmente. Ao atuar no desenvolvimento iterativo da pesquisa, utiliza-se de um referencial metodológico que integra a investigação heurística e a prática reflexiva por meio de três métodos inter-relacionados: os diários da designer, a montagem interativa, a visão geral e teste, e o uso estratégico ...
Esta edição especial do DAT Journal considera o pensamento do Sul. Ela parte da seguinte indagaçã... more Esta edição especial do DAT Journal considera o pensamento do Sul. Ela parte da seguinte indagação: “No lugar em que a prática é constituída como investigação, como seriam as vozes do Sul na pesquisa em Arte e Design?” Em 2009, Raewyn Connell publicou um livro chamado Southern Theory (Teoria do Sul). Respondendo às crescentes preocupações sobre a maneira pela qual o Norte Global domina o modo como o discurso é moldado e disseminado, a autora questiona a validade de representar o conhecimento global a partir de uma perspectiva essencialmente cosmopolita. A crítica de Connell desafiou as percepções de que o Sul Global era periférico. Mas, afinal, o que é esse tal Sul Global e como isso afeta o conhecimento? Srinivas Aravamundan argumenta que Norte e Sul são “ontologias relacionais e dialéticas, e não absolutas”1 , e Anthony Gardner sugere que o processo de construção de conhecimento do Sul é essencialmente “um modo de questionamento (...) tanto analítico quanto catalítico.”2 Certament...
A pesquisa practice-led (conduzida pela prática) permite que os realizadores de arte e design des... more A pesquisa practice-led (conduzida pela prática) permite que os realizadores de arte e design descubram, apliquem e comuniquem conhecimentos originais que têm implicações diretas para a sua prática. Desde a década de 1980, internacionalmente, o surgimento da pesquisa de doutorado practice-led abriu as portas para que esses profissionais pudessem desenvolver abordagens metodológicas distintas à maneira como transitam a construção do conhecimento em ação. Este artigo discute um desses projetos. Dentro dele, métodos imersivos e reflexivos foram desenvolvidos para aumentar a profundidade da comunicação entre um fotógrafo e a terra que ele registra. A tese, “O Processo de Fotografia Imersiva: Além do Cognitivo e do Físico”, considera as relações entre a terra como um sistema vivo e uma forma de incorporação (embodiment) do pesquisador. Esta concretização envolve um processo habitar que se baseia em formas físicas, cognitivas e espirituais de sentir e conhecer. As imersões do pesquisador ...
Film titles are distinctive paratextual artefacts that while supporting and normally prefiguring ... more Film titles are distinctive paratextual artefacts that while supporting and normally prefiguring a film or television series, orchestrate unique modes of address into an expression of identity. These multimodal texts have a bifurcate function. First they establish the film’s title and list the primary creative and management team behind the production. In addition, they can also become unique expressions that interpret the ethos of a film. As such they increasingly stand as appreciable design works in their own right. This article considers the design process and eventual form of a 45-second title sequence developed for the six-part television drama series
... Some structural characteristics of music television videos. The southern speech communication... more ... Some structural characteristics of music television videos. The southern speech communication journal, 52 (2), 151-164. Gaiman, N., & McKean, D. (1992). Mr Punch. ... Auckland University of Technology. Ings, W. (2004a). Vanessa Wedding. Oral history interview. ...
This paper considers the means by which the short film Munted (Ings 2011) was drawn into being. I... more This paper considers the means by which the short film Munted (Ings 2011) was drawn into being. It discusses drawing and interior dwelling as enstasic methodological practices. In so doing, it suggests that such approaches to the design of filmic narratives might enable the designer to reach into ideation and outwards into the communicative appearance of the text. Figure 2. Munted is an unusual film about a false accusation of paedophilia and its terrible consequences. Set in 1961 in a remote rural New Zealand community, it tells the story of a ten-year old girl (Katrina) and her friendship with a brain damaged artist (Don). It offers a lyrical and brutal account of the cost of rumour and prejudice.
This paper begins with a brief discussion of interdisciplinary connections between linguistics an... more This paper begins with a brief discussion of interdisciplinary connections between linguistics and typography. It then offers a consideration of how typography used in queer film has been employed to marginalise gay men. In doing so, the article examines recurring typographical profiles in promotional material that reinforce notions of gay men as the other. Within this consideration it locates typographical depictions of the internally discordant, the damaged threat, and the passive-aggressive. In discussing these specific approaches to the typographical depiction of gay men in cinema, the paper traces a development from marginalisation to self-assertion. Set against this discussion, the paper examines how typography designed for the short film boy (Note 1) looked beyond these precedents for inspiration. In doing this, the designer considered themes embedded in the argot of the New Zealand male prostitute. (Note 2) This language form is permeated by themes of detachment and ecclesiasticism. By applying these metaphors to the short film's visual and typographical design, the director discusses how an alternative, distinctive, and arguably more authentic gay voice was created.
This article uses a case study to discuss drawing and interior dwelling as enstasic methodologica... more This article uses a case study to discuss drawing and interior dwelling as enstasic methodological practices that reach potentials beyond those available to thinking prescribed by the written word. In considering the means by which the short film Munted (Ings 2011) was drawn into being, it suggests that drawn approaches to the design of filmic narratives might enable the designer to reach in unique ways, into ideation and outwards into the communicative content and appearance of a text.
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