ARK-E5512 - Pre-Thesis Seminar, Lecture, 17.9.2021-17.12.2021

Assignment 4. Archives - Mental and Physical Sites

Deadline 26.11. 15:00

If you are working primarily on a research thesis
Map out the literature and data you need for your work - this will be in some ways your 'site' - what kind of theoretical/historical field do you have to cover and what information do you need to make your case?

If you are working primarily on a design thesis
Explore the framing of the material you are working with, and what do you need to collect. If your design has a 'place' - what is the extent of the area you are working on - how large a region do you have to take into account and what types of information do you need to have for you work? If your Thesis will include the analysis of other projects (reference projects, models etc.) consider also how to frame the material you collect of these (what is relevant to your Thesis)? Start collecting material and sources already if possible.
If your thesis has some elements of both (research & design - as most theses do) - do both of the exercises and evaluate the suitable scope - amount & depth - of material you will need for your thesis - remember that the thesis is not a dissertation, but it is a master's thesis, and should be sufficiently extensive.

These texts (literature, site material, reference projects) will be used as a basis for discussion in the 26.11. meeting.

Deadline for the assignment is 26.11. at 15:00