Liberal Studies Tutorial 391

Self-Submission

This tutorial with Josema Zamorano (PhD, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities) aimed to gather and analyze visual data to provide a supplementary qualitive approach to knowledge. The use of artistic research in the field of humanities and social sciences as the object of the study allowed me to retroactively reflect and formulate the focus of the research. This different approach to inquiry showed me the importance of letting my data speak for itself and not to impose a conclusion or have a concrete endgame in mind. Seeking different ways of looking at visual data and playing with arrangement and presentation of that data accommodates varied interaction with the data that in this case established emotions, feelings, and a deeper understanding of ‘why’.

My described learning outcomes touched most of these revelations, I am blessed to have had Josema as my faculty advisor for this as well as concurrently taking LBST330 with him as this tutorial and the course lined up perfectly. The tutorial contented largely ended up in being biweekly discussions and conversation that pertained to my topic of Sumatra, but also became observant, metaphysical, and genuine. The power of conversation became an unanticipated learning outcome.

The research methods learned in this tutorial will be beneficial to all future projects. Probably the most important thing I learnt from this tutorial is to connect and have fun with a project because that is how to bring authenticity to your work. Because of this I am approaching my upcoming grad project with as much creativity as I can, and really want to make it personalized. This tutorial made me want to face the fear of recording myself and decide to create a podcast series as the project. Publishing my podcast at the end of semester.

               As well as my podcast I will also be completing my final tutorial which is going to be a short story in the genre of Noir that is aimed to be published as well.