Assignment Due this Tuesday!

Hi folks. Tuesday's class will include a presentation by Mike Wu from the Toronto Memory Group. To prepare, your assignment is to upload one or two paragraphs to the blog.

First, read Mike's list of memory impairment problems (below), then select a problem that interests you. What kind of media would you like to work with to help with the problem you select? For example, audio, music, illustration, wearables, site-specific signs, computer programming, graphics, photography, storytelling, performance or video.

Write one or two paragraphs about your choice for the blog, with your full name. This project is intended to develop skills in concept development as you imagine applying your skills as artists and designers to problems that amnesics experience.

ASSIGNMENT : ORIENTATION DEVICE : Part One

Assignment description : Associate Professor Judith Doyle :
jdoyle@faculty.ocad.ca

MIKE WU, PH. D CANDIDATE , UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO COMPUTER SCIENCE /
RESEARCH OBSERVATIONS

In the home, a lack of memory can lead to:

>> - the misplacement of objects like glasses, papers, keys, telephone messages
>> - the inability to complete day-to-day chores (being distracted and forgetting to return to a task that has been interrupted)
>> - going into a room but then forgetting why upon arrival
>> - not knowing what is coming up next
>> - not varying the choices of food eaten each day (which can be the same for many meals)
>> - the inability to recall plot from a novel while reading it.

Memory impairment can severely affect the following tasks that are often done outside of the home:

>> - the recall of simple facts that result in repetitive tasks such as walking the dog several times a day
>> - forgetting where one is going, who they are with, or why they are there
>> - misplacement of objects like identification or keys
>> - the inability to go somewhere independently
>> - the inability to relate back to what was talked about before at social outings
>> - forgetting major events and details (such as family weddings or parties), and
>> - the inability to maintain a job, though we note that a handful of amnesic individuals we interviewed volunteer at schools or community centres.

Read this list and select a problem you would like to work on. For tuesday Nov. 8, upload to the blog a 1 - 2 paragraph description of the problem you are interested in researching and addressing, and the creative tools you prefer to work with.

DUE : November 8 2005

REQUIRED : • 1 - 2 paragraphs uploaded to blog with your FULL NAME.