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PROJECT 2 – DESIGNING A CULTURAL PROBE – OVERVIEW
Deliverables: 3 sketches of/concepts for a probe design; 400 word written research statement
Submission format: full-size images/models and descriptive captions; PDF of written statement should be double-spaced, 12 pt font, APA-style citations and bibliography**
Assessment: 30% of the final grade
Due: Tuesday 4 May 2010, hard-copies/objects in lecture, text saved to R: drive DSDN283 folder by 4pm
In Project 2, you will be asked to identify a design research question, explain how cultural probes could help answer this question, and sketch what kind(s) of cultural probes could be used to do so. Your questions and designs should foster creative and critical explorations of an area of personal interest or concern. For example, students interested in consumerism and food politics could probe people’s practices of food shopping, cooking and eating. Alternatively, students interested in body image could probe people’s attitudes and values surrounding men’s and women’s bodies across different ages and cultural groups. Whatever area you choose to explore, the goal is to challenge your own assumptions and learn from the experiences of others.
**Please note that all written assignments must follow the APA citation style (6th edition).