Texts + Textures is a workshop that will explore writing as social practice. The site of exploration will be the New York metropolitan area. For our investigations, we will apply methods of research and inquiry from fields such as anthropology, sociology, philosophy, art, architecture, and design. Theory from the various disciplines will be used to help frame our narratives. Issues that may be examined include agency/authority (e.g. writing in the city vs. writing about the city), community, participation, collaboration, and social change. All participants are encouraged to use different literary genres via multiple platforms. The workshop will take a multimedia approach which may include the combination of text, drawings, still images, video, and sound.
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An update: We do plan to organize this class but teachers and schedules are yet to be determined.
My original intent was that “The Page + The Screen” and “Texts + Textures” would go hand-in-hand; the earlier would inform the latter. I do encourage those of you who are interested in taking this class to also consider taking one or more classes to be developed out of “The Page + The Screen” proposal (http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/1972). Other Public School classes that may provide more material/grounding include:
Democracy and Public Space in the 21st Century: New York City http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/2011
The Public School and Democracy Now!: The Future of Progressive Media http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/2045
Kultural Kapital v2 http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/1896
Architectural reading/book club http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/1955
Perhaps some content for this class could emerge from the other classes?
Also, if anyone knows of artists, designers, writers, or architects who use “methods of research and inquiry” that may be of interest to class participants, please post suggestions. If they use methods from fields outside of their own (e. g. from anthropology, sociology, and philosophy) that would be helpful, too.
24 Jan 2010 3:57PM