Second iteration of my intervention, amended based on feedback from colleagues and students
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Approach
Choose a quote that resonates with you and your outlook on the world. What message would you choose to broadcast and to whom? This workshop will help you explore ways of reconsidering how you use typography to express the voices of others and to better understand your own position in relation to the methods you use to communicate.
Your chosen quote might be from a song, film, tv show, book, political speech, sports, comedy.
By designing a poster, you are in effect making a public message, a piece of communication, so also consider who the audience of this message might be.
Think about your relationship to the quote and why it matters and your position in relation to the words. Consider your own intersectional identity, positionality, biases and why it’s important to refect on these when designing for others.
Reflect on why you like the quote, and what community you would like to share it with. Find out about the author and consider the various positions of themselves, the author and the community.
Positionality
“Positionality refers to where one is located in relation to their various social identities (gender, race, class, ethnicity, ability, geographical location etc.); the combination of these identities and their intersections shape how we understand and engage with the world, including our knowledges, perspectives, and teaching practices. As individuals and as instructors, we occupy multiple identities that are fluid and dialogical in nature, contextually situated, and continuously amended and reproduced” (Alcoff, 1988).
When reflecting on the quote and why you like it. Find out about the author and the community you would like to share this message with. Consider the various positions of yourself as a designer, the author of the quote and the community you would like to share the message with. Be aware of the biases, unconscious or otherwise, you (all) bring. Why is it important to consider this?
When designing, think about the positions that are at play, and think about how these are communicated. This is how you can start to explore alternative visual voices to the Western canon of design and typography.