Originally Posted October 14, 2020
Survey 8 Project Link: https://natashal459625.invisionapp.com/board/Survey-8-1915-1925-ckfsldpc30k4l18sgt3hqtnbs
In this project, I chose a couple of events that interested me during this decade. I already started studied the first world war in high school, but during my research, I discovered patterns in the propaganda posters that were so common at that time. When I visited an art gallery downtown, I had first learned about the BC Chinese exclusion act and the tiny living quarters my relatives experienced when first coming to Canada. This research was the most personal part of the project to me as I learned a lot about the injustice and suffering Chinese people had to go through. My findings made me feel so fortunate that my ancestors made the difficult transition for me and how people’s attitude towards Asian peoples has changed in Canada.
During this project, I struggled a lot at first with how to use InVision! As most other text applications that I have used before do not move my pictures around so drastically, I found it hard to control the positioning of my images. Only after I separated them all into three groups did it become more manageable and enjoyable to use. I also found the color palettes created by InVision on the side of my pictures very neat! It helped to generate a cohesive set of colors that I could study and refer back to, especially in my “Colour” section of the project.
I would give myself a solid 7/10 on my mood board. While I learned a lot during my research for some of the topics, especially for W.A Dwiggins and the BC Chinese Exclusion act, I found it very hard to write in-depth on the limited information I could find online. I had to be creative on the links I made from the event to the prompt, and I fear that the reach may have made my points a bit weaker. On a positive note, I am happy with the result that was created on InVision and would reuse this platform for my future projects!