Reflections and Representations
Imitationalism to Instrumentalism View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Ana Neliza Del Mundo Angeles
Academic art has been the established standard of arts by fine arts students in the Philippines and somewhat became the embodiment of the imagined sense of nationhood. This study digs deep into self-awareness and reflection combined with global citizenship education to produce portrait paintings inspired by instrumentalism aiming to produce works that surpass the culture where they came from to manifest wider universal values. Results show that art educators can help shape young minds to use their art to propagate awareness on global citizenship and the social development goals striving to promote unity in diversity to unite nations as one big community.
The Potential of Junctions: The Reconfigured Semantics of Form and Function in the 21st Century View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Wonseok Chae, Holger Hoffmann
In this paper, a technique of representation is discussed in relation to the concept of junctions in architectural form. The junctional forms are often found in the urban area as density and complexity of buildings arise in which they accommodate more than predetermined functions. In this narrative, the junctional form is seen not as a byproduct but as an intended design language which opens up undefined potentials beyond the semantic relationship between form and function in history. That is why a junction is not an independent joint but a compositional or relational niche. This paper presents an analytic part of design research projects in which the junctions are in the center for years of the authors’ teaching practice. In detail, a junction could be defined as a part in which more than two fragments collide in an architectural composition instead of left-overs between forms. This paper intends to examine a couple of post modern architectures such as structuralism and deconstructivism since the late 20th century in which the predetermined relationships of form and function are reconfigured as junctional forms. The conventional relationships of form-function seem to be limited in explaining today’s urban situations with diverse junctions. The narrative disputes the conventional propositions of form and function in early modern history. This paper is aimed at expanding the conventional semantics of form-function relationships to a contemporary urban language in an experimental fashion.
Hybrid Education Spaces: Unveiling Insights from the Playful Hybrid Higher Education Project View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Sandra Abegglen
This presentation delves into hybrid learning spaces, leveraging insights from the Playful Hybrid Higher Education Project [https://playhybrid.education]. Emphasizing the dynamic interplay between virtual and physical environments, it underscores the significance of place and identity within educational settings. The incorporation of playful elements into hybrid teaching is advocated for to recognize the intricacies of hybrid learning, where participants navigate between physical/digital, synchronous/asynchronous, informal/formal, and structured/unstructured contexts. Additionally, inclusive design principles are highlighted, focusing on addressing human needs in these in-between spaces and affirming rights to access: to create an empowering hybrid education landscape.
