I've neglected the blog for a while, so here's a brief update of what I've been up to in the summer/fall of this year.
In June I travelled to Europe to present at the The InSEA (International Society of Education through Art) European congress 2010 in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. My conference was about social communication and using posters in the classroom as a way to enagage students with positive change.
I visited Paris for the first time in my life and found it not to be over rated at all. I met amazing people and just fell in love with the city. I can't wait to go back.
I also visited Ireland where I got to finally meet my long time facebook friend Christopher Scott. Creator of FAKE Magazine Chris is inmensely talented and hanging out with him filled me with passion and creativity. We designed a poster together and I enjoyed working with him very much. I hope we can colaborate more in the future.
In the UK I went to Bristol to visit my long time friend Karen (who knew me before I was even born) and then spent my last days in London, another wonderful city, with great energy.
While in Europe I also had the opportunity to practice what has become my latest obsession: Salsa Dancing. What used to be a one-hour per week class has now turned into the element that rules my life. I'm in love with the music, the steps and the people. It is like an international language that you can use wherever you go and it has allowed me to get to know more about the local subcultures of such turistic cities.
After returning to Victoria I taught two undergraduate summer courses at Uvic: Design and Photography. It was hard work for me and the students but the results were great and I was very proud of them.
In Septemeber I began my fourth term in my PhD program and I have a pretty heavy course load. I am also teaching the Intro to Applied Design course again so my schedule is quite busy.
After this term I'll be presenting my Candidacy exams and so far my thesis is getting shaped around the issue of social communication and posters. I will post more about this as the ideas become more structured and defined.
In June I travelled to Europe to present at the The InSEA (International Society of Education through Art) European congress 2010 in Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. My conference was about social communication and using posters in the classroom as a way to enagage students with positive change.
I visited Paris for the first time in my life and found it not to be over rated at all. I met amazing people and just fell in love with the city. I can't wait to go back.
I also visited Ireland where I got to finally meet my long time facebook friend Christopher Scott. Creator of FAKE Magazine Chris is inmensely talented and hanging out with him filled me with passion and creativity. We designed a poster together and I enjoyed working with him very much. I hope we can colaborate more in the future.
In the UK I went to Bristol to visit my long time friend Karen (who knew me before I was even born) and then spent my last days in London, another wonderful city, with great energy.
While in Europe I also had the opportunity to practice what has become my latest obsession: Salsa Dancing. What used to be a one-hour per week class has now turned into the element that rules my life. I'm in love with the music, the steps and the people. It is like an international language that you can use wherever you go and it has allowed me to get to know more about the local subcultures of such turistic cities.
After returning to Victoria I taught two undergraduate summer courses at Uvic: Design and Photography. It was hard work for me and the students but the results were great and I was very proud of them.
In Septemeber I began my fourth term in my PhD program and I have a pretty heavy course load. I am also teaching the Intro to Applied Design course again so my schedule is quite busy.
After this term I'll be presenting my Candidacy exams and so far my thesis is getting shaped around the issue of social communication and posters. I will post more about this as the ideas become more structured and defined.
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