[-empyre-] Fw: Re: prototyping fairy tales

[christopher sullivan]

How sad that even children's stories must be dragged into prototyping, and
design. have we all been taken over by robots? I have two children, by the
way.
who I have read many stories to, but never with such a divisive agenda. 
Chris.



Quoting Alexandra Antonopoulou <alexiantpc at yahoo.gr>:

> the theme is still the prototypes. My research in a nutshell: In my case
> children are using fantacy-writing and making as a method to prototype
> children stories. Children stories is just a product but the general question
> is how mataphor and narrative can be used as a way of prototyping. Children
> have the intutive ability to work with fantacy senarios therefore they are
> the best ones to prototype using this methodology and learning about design
> at the same time.
>  
> Best,
> Alexandra
> 
> --- On Tue, 23/3/10, christopher sullivan <csulli at saic.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: christopher sullivan <csulli at saic.edu>
> Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Fw: Re: prototyping fairy tales
> To: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>, "Adrian Freed"
> <adrian at cnmat.berkeley.edu>
> Cc: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Date: Tuesday, 23 March, 2010, 22:35
> 
> 
> 
> it is a week, are the prototypes still the point of departure? 
> I think I missed the introductions. Chris.
> 
> 
> Quoting Adrian Freed <adrian at cnmat.berkeley.edu>:
> 
> > At 10:22 AM +0000 3/23/10, Alexandra Antonopoulou wrote:
> > >Hello to everybody,
> > > the very act of designing and making using the ideas that fantasy can
> > offer.
> > >
> > >In my case, the children rewrite and reillustrate fairytales creating
> > contemporary versions based on their own experiences. This enables them
> learn
> > about design and be given voice as moralizers. They have also to design a
> new
> > medium that would host their
> > 
> > Thanks for describing your interesting work.
> > Could you please expand on this idea of giving voice as moralizers. I am
> > curious
> > if this is an emergent feature of children's play and storytelling or if
> it
> > is a
> > particular cultural norm we communicate to children with our stories
> (created
> > by adults)?
> > 
> > Are adult stories  prototypes that children rework? Are children's stories
> > prototypes that adults use for their writing?
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> 
> Christopher Sullivan
> Dept. of Film/Video/New Media
> School of the Art Institute of Chicago
> 112 so michigan
> Chicago Ill 60603
> csulli at saic.edu
> 312-345-3802
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Christopher Sullivan
Dept. of Film/Video/New Media
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 so michigan
Chicago Ill 60603
csulli at saic.edu
312-345-3802