Mastodawn

Teaching about geography & comics this week and next at the Università degli Studi di Cagliari.

JulietJFall Apr 28, 2023

Great 1st practical session today at the Uni degli Studi di Cagliari, having a go at drawing movement, organizing space on the page & thinking about framing & focus. Hurray for the students!

I am doing all this teaching in Italian & it reminds me of how lucky I am to usually not have to work in a 2nd or 3rd language, unlike many in academia. 😩😅🤪
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JulietJFall May 20, 2023

Back home & I have now posted the students’s work to the blog. Their brief was to create & submit a 1-page comic narrating 1 person & 1 place. Emphasis placed on “having a go” rather than stressing about artistic skills! My task was then to group, connect & contrast the pieces & publish online. (Shared with permission, about 1/3 more produced)

https://urbanmosaic.blog/
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Narrating Cities

Drawn stories from urban lives

Narrating Cities

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JulietJFall May 20, 2023

I’m overall pleased with the outcome and the students’ ability & willingness to try using visual language, particularly as this is outside their usual academic writing. Some beautifully sensitive pieces! My commentary is in English, but their work is in Italian, but presumably online automatic translation could help them sharing the blog w/friends? #comics #visualMethods #visualSociology #geography #creativeGeography
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