Supervisor meeting # 3 (year 1) 26th November 2018

Supervisor Meetings:

Date: 26th November 2018

Meeting no: 3

Present: Phillip Vaughan (1^st) Fraser Bruce (2^nd) Andrea McSwan (Student)

Tasks set and completed since last meeting: (23^rd October 2018)

·         Weekly update of Blog: https://andreamcswan-phd-lightfortheblind.blogspot.com. 70 posts

·         Permanent desk allocated, as I am class rep! in room 5011 (next to the bridge).

·         Plus a laptop is in the pipeline.

·         Met with Caroline Erolin. Good discussion about VR. Wishes to be copied in on communication. VR training scheduled for 12^th December. Google cardboard purchased and VR apps to be experimented with.

·         Made contact with PhD community and will be one of six who will arrange the research talks in the Research Kitchen in 2019.

·         Research Review Panel – Have become the Student Rep

·         Timeline Year 1 – created

·         Mind-mapping created (on wall in 5011) plus on my blog

·         Scoping commenced

·         Library one-to-one appointment with specialist librarian attended. “search” training within DJCAD databases completed.

·         Endnote library created and literature, practice and context review is underway. Abstracts read and adding to library for now.

·         Researched UoD expectations and rules regarding quality of PhD Thesis and Viva. Recorded on blog

·         Attended Lauren Baker upgrade. Notes taken and on blog.

·         Context and literature review commenced. Researching blind photographers, film makers and VR. Currently underway and logged in my Endnote library

OPD Training and Teaching completed

·         OPD Responsible and Ethical Research: Research Integrity Training. Completed.

·         OPD The Complete Researcher Launchpad – 6 hour course completed. Uploaded onto blog

·         OPD Endnote training completed in main library. Endnote library created

·         Information Security Awareness – mandatory online course. Passed and completed.

·         Teaching MSc Animation & VFX and Undergraduate VFX module

·         LTHE sessions 4 & 5. Final session (session 1) to be in January. Plus I have to arrange to have a lesson observed.

Events attended

·         Research Away Day – presented 5 slides on research and future plans. Malmaison 29^th October. Joe de Lappe Ghandi. Met John Anderson VRC? Crawford Building. Will meet again informally in due course.

·         NEoN Mini-Symposium ‘lifespans’ at the V&A – 9^th November Gaming and Digital Design symposium. Dark. Gaming world. I prefer narrative and pragmatic outcomes.

·         Film – Bohemian Rhapsody

·         V&A – Speed and Style

·         Research EXPO – attended and met with fellow PhDs

·         Research Kitchen Talks – Fraser Bruce and Callum Colvin 22^nd Nov

·         Gallery 48 – date night

Planned:

OPD courses booked

·         Getting Started with the Literature Review OPD – 3^rd December

·         Illustrator OPD – 8^th January

·         Mandatory LTHE Session 1 (missed first time) 23^rd January

·         My Thesis in 10 Steps – 31^st January

·         Unconscious Bias – 1^st March

·         Preparing for your Thesis Monitoring Committee – 5^th March

·         Infographics, Data Visualisation, Animation – New ways to illustrate your research – 27^th March

·         Promoting yourself and your research – 29^th March

·         Creating Your Thesis in Microsoft Word – 23^rd April

·         Introduction to Public Engagement – 22^nd May

·         Innovation and Design Thinking for Your Research – 24^th May

Meetings

·         Research Committee Meeting – PhD rep – 21^st November

·         Meeting with Caroline Erolin (3^rd) 2pm 21^st November

·         Research Review Panel – PhD rep – 29^th November

Events

·         EAD Conference – 9 – 11^th April Connected with Louise Valentine and discussed EAD. Followed up with Fiona and there is no funding for EAD, but I may be able to get some assistance. Form to complete and submit.

To be discussed:

·         Approach Blind Societies to volunteer

·         Sean Yu as mentor for Unity? Unreal Engine?

·         EVA (Electronic Visualisation Technologies in Art) Conference – London. Deadline for papers 14 Jan

Next Steps…

·         VR training with Caroline Erolin

·         Connect with John Anderson and research further VR facilities within DJCAD

·         Continue with literature, practice and context review

·         Pop into Blind Society and have a chat about volunteering

·         Check for UK and global projects, organisations and creative initiatives within the realm of blindness

·         Research and establish how the blind population sit within the community and map the demographic

·         What design/film/visual fields are relevant to my research. What field is my research in and therefore, where does it fit within that?

·         What creative inclusive practice has been undertaken around the world, regarding blindness? (e.g Dialogue in the Dark)

·         Explorations design method. Map of the world. Map of UK. Map of Scotland. Map of Dundee?