Foucault, Derrida, and the Educational Social Space
Sarah Collicott
This thesis describes and investigates post structuralism as a method to challenge the social dynamics present in contemporary university classrooms. I explore the effects that the radical lens of post structuralist thinking offers towards understanding the sociality of a classroom, specifically the interactions within the social and spatial dynamics; the relationships and interactions between individuals that occur within a space, in attempt to see how power and authority impacts the classroom and students who inhabit it. By taking the works of Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida into consideration, we will be able to gain better understanding of what is currently an institutional enigma of a social and spatial structure and the bodies that inhabit it.
Enneagram Design Tool
The Enneagram is a model of the human psyche; displayed by nine distinct personality types. The words itself stems from the Greek words enneagram (nine) and grams (a written symbol), and typically understood as a tool of typology.
Enneagram Design Tool
I designed a summary of each of the nine Enneagram types to be used as a tool to better understand one's self and the people around them; trying to convey the message that the better you understand yourself, the better you can understand others.
Cultural Probe
I designed a cultural probe to gain a better understanding of peoples' views of hospitality, in order to gain outside views on the topic.
Educational Design Tool
Each set of pentagonal cards provides a brief description of each model.
Material and Literary Exploration
Using printmaking and short stanzas, I translated my thesis into a more accessible form of writing to convey the message of my thesis in a poetic manner.
Thesis Capstone: Designing Methodologies
In order to help people understand the importance of empathy and interaction within Social Space I designed three different activities in the forms of either a workshop or a project based off of the Philosophical concepts of Authority, Identity, and Hospitality.