Proposal Writing Workshop - Notes Included

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AGENDA

Reasons to Participate

A Look at the Call for Proposals

The Logic of a Good Proposal: Two Examples

Criteria for a Good Proposal

Discussion: What You Might Have to Offer



WHY ACONFERENCE?

Annual get-together

Showcase new developments

Share lessons learned

Report research

Explore a topic in depth

Meet people with similar interests



WHY AC ALL FOR PROPOS ALS?

Need to fill time slots

Need to attract registration

Need to build community



WHY PRESENT?

Acquire a distinctive experience

Enhance career skills

Engage in scholarly communication

Receive a certificate of participation

Have a chance to receive best paper award



CONFERENCE THEME:

BORDER CROSSINGS

´Our mandate is to provide an opportunity for students to research topics that they

find engaging, and furthermore, topics that ¶cross borders· so students can

explore creativity, collaboration, and contestation in trans-disciplinary practice.µ

´A research strategy that crosses many disciplinary boundaries to create a holistic

approach. It applies to research efforts focused on problems that cross the

boundaries of two or more areas of study.µ



KINDS OF PRESENTATIONS

Individual or group

Research paper OR Project Report

Performance OR Demonstration

Talk or Poster

Course Project

Film



SUBMISSION P ACK AGE

Contact Information

Type of Submission

Professor or Teaching Assistant Reference

300 word abstract

Digital work related to proposal



HOW TO SUBMIT

Submit your submission package to the Deans office by the deadline: January 5,

2012 at 11:30 pm

Email: [email protected]

Conference webpage: http://www.fcat.sfu.ca/ugc2012

Application Package:



PROPOS AL LOGIC

Current

Situation

Desired

Situation

Proposal



EXAMPLE 1: SITU ATION

OCAD University has its facilitiesspread along McCaul Street,

Dundas and Richmond street.

The downtown location of the

university is an attractive position

for the largest University of Art &Design in Canada, yet it lacks a

cohesive campus experience.

Current

Situation



EXAMPLE 1: PROPOS AL

The aim of the Visible Campusproject is to create a sense of

identity between the different

fragmented campus buildings of

OCAD University. During my

presentation I will talk about ourresearch and analysis process

which features both a ¶bottom up·

and a ¶top down· approach.Proposal



EXAMPLE 1: DESIRED SITU ATION

As result of our process, we haveidentified opportunities for

designing a more cohesive, social,

lively and interactive campus

experience, designs which we

propose to present at theconference.

Proposal

Desired

Situation



EXAMPLE 1: PROPOS AL LOGIC

Current

Situation

Desired

Situation

Proposal

Bottom-up and

top-down

research

process to

create a sense

of identity

Campus

experiencelacks cohesion

Opportunities

for a morecohesive, lively,

and interactive

campus



ABSTRACT: EXAMPLE 1 COMPLETE (188

WORDS)

OCAD University has its facilities spread along McCaul Street, Dundas and Richmond

street. The downtown location of the university is an attractive position for thelargest University of Art & Design in Canada, yet it lacks a cohesive campusexperience. A research project, ¶Visible Campus· was initiated to address this gap.The aim of the Visible Campus project is to identify needs and create a sense of

identity between the different fragmented campus buildings of OCAD University.During my presentation I will talk about our research and analysis process which

features both a ¶bottom up· and a ¶top down· approach. The ¶bottom up· approachentailed the interviewing of different stakeholders such as OCADU students, faculty,

residents and local business owners. The top down approach includes both the

needs from local BIAs and the university as well as a compilation of programmaticmaps that helped to identify urban connections of the campus. As result, the project

team identified needs and opportunities for creating a more cohesive, social, livelyand interactive campus experience. Currently, we are designing for the needs

identified in the research, which can be presented in March.



EXAMPLE 2: SITU ATION

How can geometric formalism helpus to reflect on the utopian

aspirations of modernism and the

contemporary possibilities of

imagining new and meaningful

spaces of culture?Current

Situation



EXAMPLE 2: PROPOS AL

I examine the ways geometry isconsidered in the writings of

various philosophers; I consider

historical examples in art and

architecture and other artistic

practices that engage geometricforms; I use these frameworks to

discuss my current studio

practice.Proposal



EXAMPLE 2: DESIRED SITU ATION

Such an emphasis on the aestheticexperience of geometry enables us

to see the opposition between the

intelligible and the sensible realms

as a productive one. An

attentiveness to the possibilitiesand the limitations of materiality

can serve as foundation for a

responsible aesthetic production.Proposal

Desired

Situation



EXAMPLE 2: PROPOS AL LOGIC

Current

Situation

Desired

Situation

Proposal

Examine use of

geometry in

philosophy, art

and my studio

practice

How can we

reconcilemodernism and

contemporary

thought

More

responsibleaesthetic

production



ABSTRACT: EXAMPLE 2 COMPLETE (203

WORDS)In this presentation I speculate on the use of geometric formalism to reflect on our

relationship to the utopian aspirations of modernism and on the contemporary possibilities of

imagining new and meaningful spaces of culture. I examine the ways geometry is considered

in the writings of various philosophers as Kant, Bergson and Deleuze not an external and

objective form of knowledge but an embodied, aesthetic process of construction. Through this

materially grounded understanding of geometry I consider both historical examples of

formalism in art and architecture underpinned by a discourse of transcendence, and other

artistic practices that engage geometric forms and questions of architecture with a sensitivity

to embodied and plural subjectivity. I use these frameworks to discuss my current studiopractice that consists of a visual study and materially sensitive translation of shapes, planes

and angles of the urban built environment for contemplating on the relationships between

architectural form and social agency. Such an emphasis on the materially embodied nature of

the aesthetic experience of geometry enables conceptualizing the traditional opposition

between the intelligible and the sensible realms as a productive tension. An attentiveness to

the possibilities and the limitations of materiality can then serve as foundation for a

responsible aesthetic production.



SOME CRITERI A

- interest of the topic to the conference's audience

- quality of the work

- clarity of the proposal/presentation

- significance of the issues addressed

- relevance of the topic to the conference theme

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