Autobotography Intent
Review Autobiography projects and readings and consider how people you know represent themselves using New Media tools or techniques (how lost do we feel without our phones or laptops?) Which tools do you think are most important for your sense of self? Why? If you were to try to represent yourself with New Media tools, which ones would you use and how would you represent yourself?
Come up with an idea for a project that reflects self/identity issues and that you would be interested in building. Create a visual mock-up of the idea, as well as a clear concise description of the project. Be sure to describe the tools/technologies you would use you would use.
Consider this as a funding pitch for your idea. You have to get across a clear and compelling idea to someone who wold be willing to invest money in building it–this could be an ecological organization, a small local business, a start up fund, a New Media micro grant.
Cheat: You may want to review Autobiography Intents from past students for some ideas.
Include:
- Title
- Images or graphics (2-3) that SHOW your idea
(keep upload images < 500K, use Preview to shrink images) - One sentence summary/abstract
- 2-3 paragraph description including how this project reflect a “self” that you might not have, or that you would have differently without new media technology
- Rough budget for: material, time, space needed to build (no project costs 0$, even if all you bill is your own time/labor. consider the cost of purchasing any materials you use, of paying for skill, research, time, labor etc.)
Post with title: Autobotography Intent—FirstnameL, ( L=Last name initial)
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