FIRST DIPLOMA PROJECT REVIEW

SIRAWON KHATHING
FIRST DIPLOMA PROJECT REVIEW
13.7.2010
PRESENT: AVY, MATT, KALPANA

1.The project at present seems too eclectic in terms of what she wants to
research (Matt)
2. Let there be two tracks of research perhaps - (1) historical/political
to identify stories about famous Naga leaders in your family unknown to
outside and to be projected for Naga culture and people (2) stories your
Grandma told to bring family together
3. Time management is very important - don't be in a comfortable zone back
at home for research - push both research and visual explorations. Explore
your illustrative style and do lots of explorations - settings, context
etc because Nagaland is very different - how do houses look, costumes,
etc.
4. One option with narrative is to collect different stories and another
is to have one story with different versions from different sources.
5. Incidents like the elephant chasing your granddad and grandma must be
transformed into stories. Incidents by themselves cannot be stories.
6. Start thinking of form - how do you tell a life story? Work with
portraits of the people whose life stories you are telling.
7.Yet another option is to locate/record a set of Naga folklore stories
transmitted orally and turn these into an illustrated book of folk
stories.
8. If you are planning on a journal as your form - discover the style of
writing, start looking at the journal as a form. Do not think that a blog
can be just turned into a book. Form varies according to media - print and
web.
9. Keep the narrative and the form simple but make it of good quality.
Next review August 12 - at 12.30 pm
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