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PME- Research Project 2021
This research essay examines Development Education in the context of Arts- Based Research and explore how this might inform curriculum intervention and approaches to teaching in the role as a teacher/educator/artist. This dissertation gives an introduction to Development education (Global Citizenship Education) and the relevance of The Change Lab initiative within that theoretical and pedagogical framework. Its looks at the documentation that myself and my fellow artist teacher group members have compiled of our experience taking part in The Change Lab. Our approach in researching and generating ideas as a group has been detailed and recalls the substructure being the new Visual Art Curriculum and the framework of: Research, Respond, Create.
Secondly, it looks at Arts-Based Research as the methodological framework for this research. Communities of Practice, quantitative research and qualitative research were some of the research methods used in approaching a research project like The Change Lab.
Lastly, an in depth analysis of my personal experience in participating in the The Change Lab, my practice as a research tool and the studio space of NCAD’s Gallery, within the context of contemporary ideas relating to education and practice.
BA - Research Essay 2019
This research project examines both ‘Memes’ and the popular Viral culture of the internet, and how it is inevitably shaping the world. This research first gives a background on viral content and memes, enlightening their nature as a form of expression. Using various book sources like Richard Dawkins ‘The Selfish Gene’ and Nicholas Carr’s ‘The Shallows’, this has provided valuable material in support of a exploration. This then gives an understanding as to why viral content is having such an effect on our culture today. Case studies of individual contemporary memes gives a break down, as to why something may have gone viral through context, structure, format, message, etc. Each viral meme has left an important impression on the digital world, furthering the argument that it is also having an effect in the real world. It highlights the consequences and effects of becoming viral on a personal level. It also tackles issues surrounding ownership and our ‘Digital Footprint’. Screenshot images of the statistics, comments, and other posts created taken directly from social media platforms, have been added as evidence in support of my own personal views. This gives this project the opportunity to see a viral creator’s point of view, providing an understanding as to how they have
contributed to shaping our culture.
