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# MDF MEETING NOTES 20211001

completely online! (and next week will be in person)

## AGENDA

### 1. Clusters & Labs!

[Cluster 1 - Tuesdays 4-5pm](http://whenisgood.net/k5npiz7/results/si2r49y)
    => datavis, mapping, realityLab (AR)
    Kangni, Eduarda, Zane, Tica, Taylor, Queenie, Claire, Juhee
    
    
[Cluster 2 - Thursdays 4-5pm](http://whenisgood.net/2c9g2tg/results/gayyp34)
    => video essays, podcasts, AV, photography
    Eduarda, Wesley, Ignacio, Jessi
    
[Cluster 3 - Mondays 11am-12pm](http://whenisgood.net/jq4ejmw/results/zqgw7rf)
    => graphics, visual explanation, illustration, drawing, graphic design, posters
    Xiaomeng, Queenie, Eduarda, Zane, Claire


### GROUP 1 NOTES

* Zane is working on DataVis lab
    * front end development
    * data vis intro
* Taylor: mapLab
    * 4-5 workshops or resource packs leading up to a capstone project
    * thinking about programs students could use
    * GIS
    * workshops vs online resources?
    * other options
* Kangni:
    * develop bare bones database for illustrations to chinese novels
    * students can draw on these for final projects
    * Airtable potentially
    * how do we collect the data?
    * interested in all kinds of dataVis and mapping tools that students can use in humanities classes
        * visualizing space in a novel
* Tica
    * AR Tools anyone can use:
        * [Unity MARS](https://unity.com/products/unity-mars)
        * ripping 3d models from Google
    * build a workflow
        * students can explore the environment at a high level initially
        * then jump into AR to jump into the data
        * 

#### collective project?
- a resourceBase for ways of visualizing data and visualization?
- compare and contrast tools for mapping and datavis and telling datastories, beginner AR 
    - would this maybe be "the basics?"
- what types are there beyond the basic quantitative tables and graphs that students are used to already
    - would this be "beyond the basics" then?
    - what are the OTHER possibilities?
    - to represent quantitative data in a research context
    - spatial representation of data
- interacting with data, seeing in many ways
- how to visualize narrative
    - interested in annotations?


### GROUP 2 NOTES
* Jessi's work in theatreLab is definitely feeding ideas into Cluster 2
    * Eduarda is curious to learn this material!
    * Turning your essay in a script, writing stage directions - how you adapt a novel into a play or movie.
    * Wants to create a video essay for her capstone presentation.
    * Using story arcs / story shapes.
* Eduarda's projects 
    * She is working on a course about Brazilian Cinema
        * Students have to work on making videos. Students have to write a critical essay about traditions in Brazilian Cinema, then illustrate and add VO to make it into an essay film.
        * For their final, students will be making a short film.
    * How to integrate visual art and video making with complex theories, a video project that's been in the works since 2014.
* Other projects in this realm:
    * Wesley - The Essay Film in AFVS, The Art of Film course with Laura Frahm
        * Eduarda is curious if these will be available to use in Portug40
        * (might also be good to schedule a workshop)
    * Ignacio - Working on podcasting in Spanish courses
    * French 30 - Podcasting
    * French 40 - Video essays
    * SCRB111 - Explainer videos
    * AMST201 - Academic conference of the future, presenting a conference paper
    * ANE197 - Podcasting



### GROUP 3 NOTES
meets on Mondays 11-12, in person at the studio!


##### the people
* Queenie. 
* Xiaomeng. writer for Science in the News blog + creates illustration for her pieces.

##### the tools
* **procreate**. for general audience, easy to use
* **illustrator**. more professional for a scientific community. uses vectors, not drawing.
* **photoshop**. 
* **fresco**.
* **ipad**. for drawing directly
* **lap top**. more memory than ipad
* **wacom.** drawing pad
* **clipstudio.** drawing software similar to photoshop

##### the projects
* graphical abstracts for faculty/researchers
* explainer graphics for courses
* graphical abstract assignments for students
* explainer video assignments for students
* explainer animation (Ae) for courses

##### challenges
you need to understand the material REALLY WELL before you can successfully illustrate it.

##### the process/method
begin by collecting references/models. create a draft that has more info and then you can work on simplifying more and more. use layers to reiterate.

**We want a place to agregate the work that's being done in this area to avoid duplication of work.**

### 2. [Sign up for Show and Tell (and Teach)](https://hackmd.io/cLEYB_NjRF6GJ6s_GzndsQ)









