* Possible
Title of Project:
1. Britons perception about
China and Chinese perception about UK
2. How young generation talk
about the UK and China?
* Which key theme/issue/problem is at the center
of your proposal?
Being a Chinese
myself study in the UK, I always wonder what Britons think of China and what
Chinese think about the UK?
For Britons:
What are Britons impressions
of China?
What do they think
about Chinese culture, 5000 years history, art, food?
What do the
Britons view Chinese luxury consumption?
What do the
Britons view China Town?
What do the
Britons think about Kong-Fu and Tai chi?
What do the
Britons think about 2008 Olympic games in Beijing?
What do the
Britons think about Chinese in the UK?
How Britons look
at the overseas Chinese students group?
What do the
Britons think about the rise of China?
What China's raise
means for Britain and it's people?
What are young
Britons (18-30) talk about the UK and China?
Do you want to go
to China? What attracts you?
How do the Britons
look at "made in China"?
Do you think China
is mysterious? How?
What do you think
about China's territory?
…
For Chinese:
What do Chinese
think about the UK and Britons? (Architecture, Culture, History...)
How overseas
students/Chinese/tourists look at their lives in the UK?
What are Chinese
impressions of UK before they come to the UK? After?
What do Chinese
think about 2012 Olympic games in London?
What do you miss
about China?
What are overseas
student think about the education system and what do they look at their life?
Do you afraid of
Riots and terrorist attacks in the UK?
What do you think
about transport in London? (Tube, double bus, taxi)
What do you think
about animal in London? (Pigeon, squirrel…)
…
The topics overlap
too wide, which is include history, culture, politics, art and design, life. I
am thinking about how to use the way of art and design to express all of them.
* Where does your own viewpoint of the subject
come from- what has shaped your beliefs?
To begin with, as
a Chinese from Mainland China, I did not have many opportunities to get in
touch with people from other countries, so when I came to London, I suffered a
particularly large culture shock. When I ask foreigners something about China,
I found they know little about china, and sometimes they have false sense. Then
I found it is interesting that different people perception about China.
In the second
place, as for the education system and the way of education are so different in
the UK and China, I was inspired by my tutor Kieron during the Project 1group
discussion and influenced by Suzanne Rankin and other different countries
students discussion about politics, culture, fashion, events, media, value and
so on in every Thursday morning Insessional English Support. It is so
interesting when every student from different countries talk about everything
in their positions and values. They gave me lots of affection about my country.
Moreover, I found
the treatment is so different when I face different countries people by
passers-by.
All of these
experiences shaped my own viewpoint of the subject.
Most British people know China and Chinese people through media (BBC,
guardian…); newspaper; movies; novels and friends, but sometimes each media has
its own position, so the information they received is sometimes biased
subjective. Even many Chinese consider that “ Do not judge China from the
media, because the real China is not on the papers.”
* Key
resources:
1. Media
(TV/newspaper…):
BBC and guardian
website about China (include comments)
(BBC 2: the
Chinese are coming)
China town
(Chinese newspaper)
2.
Forum/website
3.
Short film
(YouTube)
4.
Articles
* Investigation:
Which way shall I use to investigate it?
1．From media,
Chinese newspaper, TV program… (BBC,
guardian, newspaper… )
2. From
questionnaires, interview, record…
3. From articles
(Expert perception), forum comments, YouTube…
4. From photography,
movie, short film, picture’s feedback…
The resources are
all in my Url of blog; here I select what resources are useful and inspire me.
1. UK photographer Adrian Fisk (I speak
China)
This resource
inspires me to think about how to use different ways to do a social investigation.
(Photography, film record, posters, and interaction…?)
2. 10minutes and you know about China
3. Differences between German and Chinese
These resources
inspire me to think about how to use art form to show differences. (Abstract or
concrete form, animation, logo…?)
* Fields of interest(map of GDC)
1. Use
photography and video to record investigation.
2. Collect what interviewer draw to make
postcards.
3. Illustration/poster
4. Interaction
5. Animation
* Main sources of research:
Websites/Experts/Articles/Books/Other
case studies
These resources
inspire me to think about how to use different ways to do a social
investigation (Photography, film record, posters, and interaction…?) and how to
use art form to show differences.
* Type of experiments:
1．collect information about 2 countries differences.
2．design posters or something to investigate, at the same
time record the process.
3． compare 2 countries different.
4． make an animation or some other things.
* Research methodology:
Interaction and
generative system
* Problems:
1. London is a
diversified city, shall I need to do the research about different countries
people’s perception about China or just Britons?
2. Shall I
need to narrow range about age, culture or something like that?
3. How to use art form to express literature?
* Friends advise（from Jade and Kong）
1. Designer draws
something to let other people join in the design and research to complete
design.
2. Let participator
draw what they think. (Just like some interactions in Tate Modern) collect
and exhibit them.
3. Make huge
posters and put it on the wall in crowded places.
* Possible final artifact:
1. Postcards made a book or exhibition on the wall
2. Animation
3. Posters on the
street, everyone can comment it.
4. Documentary
…
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