Case Study:
Interrogate an Object

 Prompt 

Students select an object from The Archive and “interrogate” it by asking multiple questions:

• who made it?

• when was it made?

• where does it reside?

• who used it?

• who commissioned it and why?

• who is excluded?
    

• how was it made?
  

• (and many more)

   

Then, they build a visual response, informed by a broad investigation. See a sample slide deck here: bit.ly/brockett_UCDA

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Student samples are by:
Ariana Vilchis responded to:
Alexander Girard's Menu and matchbook designs for La Fonda del Sol restaurant, 1960s

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Hannah Harder responded to:
William Morris' Evenlode pattern design, 1883

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Ryan Kuo responded to:
Tortoise bone with incised script from China, late Shang dynasty, c. 1200–1050 BC

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Leah Alligood responded to:
Laini (Sylvia Abernathy)'s Sun Ra sunsong album cover, 1966

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Danielle Kunkel
Emily Nguyen
Sunghyuck Yun