Semester B – Project One (1)


Digital Concept

Research Themes

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“The theme you select is intended to provide you with a starting point from which to further investigate issues or concepts that arise from initial research. This will provide a framework in which to bring further theoretical research into your creative practice. It is important to realise that the theme is only a starting point on which to base your projects’ research and development, and that the final pitch should be an original and creative piece of work whose origins are informed by this theme.”

  1. Explore the categories set by the EYA: https://eu-youthaward.org/contest/categories-2017/
  2. Choose 3 that interest you the most (or might provide most potential for a digital product to help solve an issue)
  3. Identify 3 problems for each category in the form of a question or statement… for example:
    “How can we engage more young people in politics?”
  4. In order to validate your problem, you will need to gather at least 1 piece of research that highlights it is in fact a problem… for example, the above issue can be confirmed as an issue because of the third chart from the following source: https://yougov.co.uk/news/2017/06/13/how-britain-voted-2017-general-election/

You are each to arrive at your first workshop in Semester B with 9 problems or statements

 

In order to begin this task and establish an idea for the initial response, I need to select a research theme to explore further.

This task will allow me to explore a better idea of what ‘problem‘ I want to find and create an emancipation for.

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The three categories I have chosen to focus on are as follows;

  1. Go Green
  2. Healthy Life
  3. Special Category; Water

 

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1.   Go Green;

A. How can we make young people realise how damaged the planet is?

B. How do we solve the domestic animal crisis?

C. (Most people do not care, nor believe climate change is real;) How can we engage people in keeping to the go green statement?

A.  https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/horrifying-photos-show-damage-done-5537329

B. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/19/humans-damaging-the-environment-faster-than-it-can-recover-report-finds

C. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/uk-climate-change-real-accept-majority-global-warming-poll-finds-a7909841.html

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2.   Healthy Life;

A. How to introduce more first aid into pre-schools?

B. How to advice new mothers on paediatric first aid care?

C. How do we get mothers and fathers to join in on primary school first aid classes?

A. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8246912.stm

B. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/sep/02/baby-first-aid-parents-rescue

C. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/31/do-we-need-parenting-classes

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3.   Special Category; Water

A. How can we get everyone to pick up two pieces of plastic?

B. How do we get more people involved in clean water campaigns without scaremongering?

C. How can we raise money to help monitor and maintain the water systems?

A. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/04/i-pick-up-plastic-waste-save-from-landfill-lonely-but-worth-it

B. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42920383

C. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/29/if-you-drop-plastic-in-the-ocean-where-does-it-end-up

https://giving-evidence.com/2012/03/15/wateraid-admin-costs/

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