INTERCULTURAL DESIGN - PROPOSAL

07.01.19 - 18.01.19 (Week 1 - Week 2)
Catherine Starlie (0336261)
Intercultural Design
Proposal

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LECTURES

Lecture 1: MIB and Assignment Briefing
07.01.19 (Week 1)

This was the first class that we attended for the new semester, we had a short briefing then we were assigned into 3 person group according to the place that we were going to visit. I was teamed up with Afsah and Izac. Our first project was to make proposals (at least 5) with "Living with Nature" as the theme. Mr. Charles helped us by giving us some advices and tips by researching the places, cultures, and more.

Lecture 2: Traditional Media vs New Media Culture
14.01.19 (Week 2)

This week, Mr. Charles lectured about the difference, example and so on of traditional media and new media culture. After that we were told to answer some questions by watching these videos.

First video, https://youtu.be/P-Grjb_PSbE.

Questions:
1. Do you think modern technology can assist you in learning about traditional culture?
2. How do you include, utilise and manipulate modern technology into this module and project to benefit your learning of culture, and expressing it in design?

Second video, https://youtu.be/H0tnHr2dqTs.

Questions:

1. How does new media and old media apply in your study?
2. How does traditional culture and modern culture co-exist? Discuss this in the context of Malaysia or Borneo/Sarawak if you like.

After that, we were told to group up to combine our answer and present it.

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INSTRUCTIONS

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Progress

11.01.19 (Week 1)

For our first topic, we thought about researching about cats, where the name "Kuching" came from, and why it's significant to Kuching.

Then we consulted with Ms. Anis, she didn't like it because it's too common and told us to look into the tribes. After taking her advice we decided to look into and research about the lifestyle of the Iban people and see if they really were as close to nature as they were claimed to be.


18.01.19 (Week 2)
 We presented our proposal today.