blog discussion / interaction

writing, like the design process, can be a way to think out loud, synthesize ideas, demonstrate understanding, and persuade others. in short, it’s another mode of making and learning – something worth doing.

objectives
at the project’s end, you should be able to:

• describe at an advanced level what visual advocacy is, and apply it through your own work in this class.
• hold a perspective on design’s role in commerce.
• hold a perspective, at a basic level, on our ethical responsibilities and opportunities as creators of visual culture.
• explain at a basic level graphic design’s role in the history of advocacy and communication of socio-political ideas.
• describe at a proficient level the various ends to which design may be used
• hold a perspective on various relevant social / political issues, and apply that through meaningful visual explorations beyond the normal designer–client relationship.
• hold a perspective on how we might begin to transform design practice to reflect our ethics.
• apply critical thinking skills to making, speaking, reading, and writing about design issues at a basic level.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
through the course of this semester, introduce or participate in a minimum of eight discussions on the course blog [ http://visualadvocacy.blogspot.com ], with at least one of those being a discussion-starter. you are invited to voice your opinion on readings, class discussions, projects, or outside topics you discover to be relevant to this course. opposing viewpoints and heated debate [keep it civil] are encouraged. basically all of the course objectives above can be satisfied through writing in one way or another.

SPECIFICATIONS / REQUIRED CONTENT
specifications: grading will be based primarily on the quality [thoughtful, logical, well-written] of your posts, but you should also have the minimum eight posts for a good level of engagement with your peers.