The Lore of the Lyrebird, Ambrose Pratt, 1932
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Dr Joëlle Bitton
Luke Franzke
Joël Gähwiler
Dr. Daniel Hug
Olav Lervik
Partners
Stefan Heller neeracherried@birdlife.ch
Valentin Amrhein v.amrhein@unibas.ch
Timeframe
The module takes place over 5 weeks, from 20.02.18 to 23.03.18, from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks. Projects are conducted individually or in a team of three students at most.
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This year, the module is conceived in collaboration with BirdLife Zentrum in order to investigate ideas and prototypes for a future exhibition where visitors interact with bird songs.
Readings and Links
From BirdLife:
Thematic frame
The sounds of birds are the central topic of the exhibition. We expect that the visitors record a large part of the content of the exhibition by listening or by producing themselves sounds.
Didactic aims
- The visitors are fascinated of birds and their songs.
- They know and understand certain aspects of bird’s sounds.
- They understand basic methods of acoustic research (sonograms).
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Main Project Brief
Expectations and Grading
Students learn in the process tools and methods to track people and their interaction and environmental changes, and notions of exhibitions set-ups.
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Week 1 | Tuesday 20.2 | Wednesday 21.2 | Thursday 22.2 | Friday 23.2 |
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Morning | Kickoff Prepare for a visit of an exhibition space | Visit BirdLife Center | Visit Zoo of Zurich Discussion on Field Study | Tech Input 2: |
Afternoon | Tech Input 1: | Individual Research | Individual Research | Idea Clustering |
Week 2 | Tuesday 27.2 | Wednesday 28.2 | Thursday 1.3 | Friday 2.3 |
Morning | Tech Input 3: | Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Tech Input 4: | Mid-Presentations |
Afternoon | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping |
Week 3 | Tuesday 6.3 | Wednesday 7.3 | Thursday 8.3 | Friday 9.3 |
Morning | On-Demand Sound Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | On-Demand Sound Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping |
Afternoon | Design & Prototyping | Mentoring Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping | Design & Prototyping |
Week 4 | Tuesday 13.3 | Wednesday 14.3 | Thursday 15.3 | Friday 16.3 |
Morning | Production | Production | On-Demand Sound Mentoring Production | Production |
Afternoon | Mentoring Production | Production | Production | Production |
Week 5 | Tuesday 20.3 | Wednesday 21.3 | Thursday 22.3 | Friday 23.3 |
Morning | Production | Production | Exihibition Setup Gallery 1 and 2 | Final Presentation |
Afternoon | Mentoring Production | Production | Documentation Gallery 1 and 2 reserved | Documentation Gallery 1 and 2 |
JB: Joëlle Bitton, LF: Luke Franzke, JG: Joël Gähwiler, SH: Stefan Heller, VA: Valentin Amrhein, DH: Daniel Hug, OL: Olav Lervik
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