PSYCH + THE STUDY OF OBJECTS
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
- Small research projects (6) : Mental illness, self perception, the brain
- Researching FIVE different facets of objects in this culture & world by reading & taking notes
- Working on my (personal + artistic story) of objects
Small Research Projects
- One new topic every about two weeks
- Each topic is different, gives me a basic level of knowledge around one specific topic having to do with psychology and the brain
- Zach gave me a list of resources to check out ~ I liked them also incorporated this into my project work
- ‘Right To Fail’ (PBS documentary)
- ‘Released’ (PBS documentary)
- ‘Inside the Teenage Brain’ (PBS documentary)
- ‘Who’s Bad?’ (Radiolab podcast)
- ‘Who am I?’ (Radiolab podcast)
- ‘Lying to Ourselves’ (Radiolab podcast)
- ‘Right To Fail’ (PBS documentary)
Object Research [reading + notes]
- (1) Special + Sacred Objects
- (2) Psych disorders: hoarding + OCD
- (3) Material culture + Archeology
- (4) Object attachment + childhood
- (5) Gifts + Giving/receiving
“Like their owners, objects too have lives. This may seem an odd conceit as, clearly, inanimate or lifeless objects do not live and breathe as we do. But thinking about objects in this way can be highly illuminating. We might wish, for example, to think in terms of ‘object biographies’ or ‘life cycles’. Like us, objects are conceived, designed and created. They then have a use, are consumed and appreciated, and finally dissolve, disintegrate and ‘die’ (or, in some cases, are afforded a form of afterlife in museums). Like us, throughout their existence they are subjected to wider forces in the world that help to shape their destinies. They even go on their travels, like us, and in the process acquire new identities and meanings.” (OpenLearn)
Object Book (personal story)Questions I’m using to guide my writing:
- How has my life been shaped by the objects around me?
- When I am more aware of the objects around me, how does it influence my perception of everything else?
- What objects are important to me?
- What deeper meanings do/can objects hold?