presentation to MA Book Art students at Camberwell - part of a seminar to explore context for research writing around the final essay in relationship to practice

1. Mid Point Review

3. contextual practice

5. Practical support

33. your making - contextual framework

34. social context Making and seeing an image always takes place in a social context. The way it is seen and how it is seen are culturally constructed. Audience for work - who is included/excluded/implicated on the ways an image is produced, circulated and consumed

35. political context Specific political issue broad political issue gender - race - ethnicity - sexual orientation - class - disability - religion

36. personal context Biography - narrative of the self particular issues - memories What motivates/ drives you? Your particular skills as an artist/ designer/writer/photographer What strategies do you use when the work is not going well? How do you relate to the forces that in part condition what you know and in which you make things?

37. critical/theoretical context Does your work relate to particular critical debates about contemporary art and design practices? Is your work informed by/engaging with/contesting particular theoretical frameworks/issues?

38. historical context Understand how/whether your practice relates to a tradition, with a history How knowledge relates to periods in time.

39. geographical context Local, regional, national, international, global. Where do you make your work? Do you make your work in relation to a particular place? studio home church city rural cyberspace

40. institutional context MA Course - school of art and design Your educational background/experience Your professional background/experience Your family background/experience

41. cultural context In it’s broadest sense - ‘a whole way of life’ - this relates to all the other categories. More specifically, what works of artists, designers, writers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians are important to you and your work - why?

42. mapping your practice Any other contexts worth considering? Importance Overlapping change - evolution of practice