Research! Research? Research!
Journal post #2. Research Findings + Refined Inquiry Space
a. Follow your research plan – read / watch / experience your chosen sources. Record your findings: from each source, what did you learn? What piqued your interest, surprised or intrigued you? Be specific, including quotes / passages / scenes / images / interactions. How are they relevant to your project?
🌼 Sources have been updated and my notes for each source will be updated within their own pages.
b. Look at your findings, take some time to reflect: how do your sources relate to each other? Have you found new avenues to explore? Or are you settling on one? Update / refine your inquiry space diagram based on your findings – maybe you remove or add an axis, define it more narrowly, or add more specific inquiry directions.
🌼 I’ve decided on a new thesis idea and am quite excited about what i’ve chosen to focus on.
Important emphasis on following the HedonomicVR Design Principles
Updated Mind Map:
c. Look into NYU schools and departments. Find 3 experts at NYU who are working on areas that relate to your findings. Ask to interview one of them – whether you do this now (at the beginning of your process), or later (once your concept is more formed), is up to you.
🌼 I have found three NYU affiliates that I am reaching out to conduct interviews with
Yasmin Elayat
Ken Perlin
Michelle Cortese
