AXM-E0002 - Doing Research in Art and Media, Lecture, 8.1.2024-8.4.2024

Topic outline

• Group 02 - VCD
  In this page you will find the information for the VCD group.

  • Teacher in charge is Masood Masoodian:  masood.masoodian@aalto.fi

  
  

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    VCD Discussion Forum

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
  • Schedule

    
    

    • 08 Jan: VCD Major - Course outline (Väre, M202)
    • 15 Jan: Joint session
    • 22 Jan: Joint session
    • 29 Jan: Joint session
    • 05 Feb: Joint session
    • 12 Feb: VCD Major - Thesis review presentations (https://aalto.zoom.us/j/62606004075)
    • 26 Feb: VCD Major - Qualitative research (Väre, Q101)
    • 04 Mar: VCD Major - Quantitative research (Väre, Q101)
      
    • 11 Mar: VCD Major - Applied research (Väre, Q101)
      
    • 18 Mar: VCD Major - Visual research (Väre, Q101)
      
    • 25 Mar: VCD Major - Research Ethics, and Research plan discussion (Väre, Q101)
      
    • 08 Apr: VCD Major - Thesis topic discussion (Väre, Q101)
      

  • Lecture notes and handouts

    
    
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    08 January: Course outline File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
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    26 February: Qualitative research File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
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    26 February: Assignment outline File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
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    04 March: Quantitative research File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
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    11 March: Applied research File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
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    18 March: Visual research File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
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    25 March: Research ethics File

    PDF document

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)
  • Assignment

    
    
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    Research Plan Submission Assignment

    Not available unless: You belong to Visual Communication Design (SISU)

    You are expected to develop a research plan, which includes the following parts:

    • A research topic (which may or may not be your final MA thesis topic)
    • A brief literature review based on 2-3 published research articles
      
    • A research statement
      
    • One or two main research questions (which may be divided into a number of sub-questions)
      
    • A research approach (which proposes suitable research methodology and methods)

    Please use the template document file provided in Microsoft Word format for your research plan submission. Your research plan should be 2 pages. The final submission should be in PDF format.

    Submissions will open at 09:00 on 26 February, and close at 09:00 on 08 April 2024.

  • Thesis review groups

    
    

    Group 1

    • Zhiying Deng
    • Helmi Leppänen
    • Anna Mäkinen
    • Jacob Söderström

    Thesis by Lisa Staudinger (2018): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201806294018

    
    

    Group 2

    • Maria Klata
    • Veera Kortelainen
    • Alyssa Meier
    • Oona Raadelma

    Thesis by Ida-Maria Wikström (2019): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-201902031577

    
    

    Group 3

    • Aino Laukka
    • Iréne Lindberg
    • Touko Miikkulainen
    • Jenny Reponen

    Thesis by Brittaney Drake (2020): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-2020062138469

    
    

    Group 4

    • Zina Marpegan
    • Olga Poropudas
    • Ewa Sowińska
    • Iiris Uusitalo

    Thesis by Tiia Reijonen (2021): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202108028040

    
    

    Group 5

    • Merle Karp
    • Diana Lisitsa
    • Pinja Oja
    • Nanako Ueda

    Thesis by Teodor Georgiev (2022): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202206163831

    
    

    Group 6

    • Nikita Gavrilenko
    • Aarni Kapanen
    • Linnea Sjöholm
    • Júlia Vila Comas

    Thesis by Miila Westin (2020): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-2020121356237

    
    

    Group 7

    • Ella Eskola
    • Malin Gustafsson
    • Olli Korpela
    • Ida Kukkapuro

    Thesis by Adina Renner (2020): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202006213847

    
    

    Group 8

    • Kristin Gschwender
    • Veera Kesänen
    • Inka Salminen

    Thesis by Janne Gammelin (2022): https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202204212866
  • Group thesis review and presentation

    Once you have read the thesis assigned to your group individually on your own, then share and discuss your reviews together, and prepare a group presentation for 12 February. Your group presentation should be around 15 minutes, and present the thesis (1) background and context, (2) research statement, (3) research questions, (4) research methodology, (5) brief literature review, (6) research and artistic part, and (7) findings, conclusions and learnings.

  • Useful material

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    Master´s Thesis Guide URL
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    Design: Cultural probes, Bill Gaver, Tony Dunne, and Elena Pacenti (copy) URL
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    Designing cultural probes for children, Peta Wyeth and Carla Diercke URL
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    Practice-Based Research in the Creative Arts, by Linda Candy and Ernest Edmonds URL
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    Action Research and the Practice of Design, by Cal Swann URL
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    An introduction to visual culture, by Nicholas Mirzoeff URL
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    Six Domains of Research Ethics, by Kenneth D. Pimple URL