When Atoms Reach for Sacred Altars What do you feel when you touch something sacred? Do you want to touch sacred art? Are we creatures bound by thermodynamics, driven by an instinctual urge to exchange heat, shed skin cells, and mingle our matter with the monuments we revere? To stand before a sacred masterpiece is to experience a gravitational pull—an irresistible desire to collapse the space between subject and object, to leave an oily fingerprint as proof of shared existence. The gallery border is a social construct attempting to enforce absolute vacuum, forbidding the inevitable entropy of human connection. To reach out anyway is to assert that our physical reality is not separate from the sublime, but bound to it by the very matter we carry on our fingertips. Reaching across that barrier is a quiet rebellion against social decorum: a desperate want for quantum entanglement that collapses the boundary between ideal beauty and our messy, lived reality. Be Creative a...
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What is Manga - is a research-based unit/tutorial plan for Year 10 students
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Learning Requirements and Success Criteria
Learning Requirements:
Understand, analyze, and evaluate the impact of social and/or ethical issues related to information-processing and publishing technologies.
Success Criteria:
You will demonstrate a greater cultural understanding of the characteristics and conventions of Manga art through a study of Japanese artists.
You will demonstrate a greater understanding of how information-processing and publishing technologies employ Manga art.
Expectations
Expectation 1:
You will need to participate in the WHAT IS MANGA forum by addressing 2 requirements:
Requirement 1: You must post your ideas and thoughts on Manga into the forum
Requirement 2: You must reply to other classmates ideas and thoughts on Manga
WARNING: The Manga forum is a place to share ideas and thoughts on Manga. You must respect each other's ideas and thoughts. NO TROLLING is allowed.
Expectation 2:
You will complete a 350 to 400-word research paper (or multimodal equivalent) on Manga.
HINT: The 350 to 400-word research paper submission will only appear once you have completed the requirements of the WHAT IS MANGA forum
HINT: Take Notes and Share your ideas and thoughts in the What is Manga forum
What is Manga? Forum
This is a formative assessment task. It is designed to assist you and your manga class-mates, to discuss and reflect on your thoughts concerning Manga.
To successfully do this, you must have watched
What is Manga? Presentation
BBC Report on Manga
It is expected that you will post your reflections and reply to another classmates reflection
The What is Manga? Forum must be completed before attempting the written assignment
(Teacher needs to set up a online forum)
FORUM: Questions to Address
Manga History: What interested you and why?
Anime Characters: Which ones appeal to you and why?
Culture: How does Manga influence culture and how does culture influence Manga
Technology: What types of technology have been employed by Manga artists?
Written Assignment
It is expected that you will complete a 350 to 400-word research report on Manga Culture and Technology. You are able to submit a multimodal equivalent research report. This can be either;
an oral recording
a powerpoint with notes
a video
a photo story Please consult your teacher if you wish to discuss the multimodal alternatives
To successfully do this, you must have
Completed the What is Manga Forum
and watched the What is Manga? Presentation and BBC Report on Manga.
researched the internet for more information and Manga and Culture and Technology.
Topic 1: Written Assignment requirements
350 to 400 words (or equivalent)
The report INTRODUCTION should cover: An overview of Manga - history
The report BODY should contain 3 key paragraphs covering
An issue/interest concerning CULTURE
An issue/Interest concerning TECHNOLOGY
An issue/interest concerning a MANGA ARTIST and or CHARACTER
The report CONCLUSION should cover: Your thoughts and ideas
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