Over the past weeks there have been lectures on dissertation preperation and all have been very informal. It's pushing everyone to get ideas on what to write about including a lead question, research strategies and content. For next tuesday, a draft synopsis is require for the lead question and other important points like how and why that question has meaning.
My question is whats the difference between british and japanese human behaviour. I've always been interested in japanese culture and traditional aspects to their way of life. So with this broad area to base my question in, i wanted to have a more visual report on my findings. So with the usal research of history between the two nations and what design for interaction is to express what i believe interaction is. I want to create an object (for example, a wooden cube no bigger than 4inch3) and send 10 or 20 off to a japanese university and the same for a british university. Let the students do whatever they want to these cubes that represent themselfs or their culture/personal style. This can be from painting it completely black, sticking pins in it to carving some holes. Get these sent back and compare them.
So this is not a typical dissertation, It's documenting the project progress and conclusion. Both lectures seem to be very interested and mentioned both times, this will require determination.
A recent chat with my lecture mentioned my projects are playing it too safe (virtual environments) so i need to take alot more risk, because i can. I'm at uni and this is the time to do these types of things. So although many would say i'm being too ambisous, i feel like doing something on this scale will really pay out in the long run.
Heres a rough layout of how the document will be writen.
Introduction
History
Culture
Nature of interaction
Case studies
Conclusion
References
Bibliography
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