Assignment Descriptions

Day 001 (Monday, January 31, 2005)(Tuesday, September 07, 2004): The studio is to begin an inquiry into the diverse aspects of International Boulevard, East 14th and Mission Boulevard. This is a major surface artery running between Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA to Mission San Jose near San Jose, CA.

Initial Site Visit: Please document the site within the follwing constraints:

One PDF document formatted so that there are 16 images, 2 inches by 2 inches in a grid of 4 images by 4 images centered on an 8 and a half by 11 document.

Due: Day 003 (Monday, February 06, 2005)(Tuesday, September 14, 2004)

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

Division (I) Formation of Ideas

Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

 461. Inquiry. [Subject Of Inquiry. Question.]

 NOUN:
INQUIRY; request [See Request ]; search, research, quest; pursuit [See Pursuit ].
   EXAMINATION, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation [ obs. ]; perquisition, perscrutation [ rare ], pervestigation [ obs. ]; inquest, inquisition; exploration; exploitation, ventilation.
  sifting; calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction; Baconian method.
  strict -, close -, searching -, exhaustive- inquiry; narrow -, strict-search; study ( consideration ) [See Thought ].
   scire facias [L. ], ad referendum [L. ]; trial.
   QUESTIONING &c. v.; interrogation, interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, third degree [ colloq. ], cross-examination, catechism, catechesis; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy; leading question; discussion ( reasoning ) [See Reasoning ].
   RECONNOITERING, reconnaissance or reconnoissance, prying &c. v.; espionage, espionnage [F. ]; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes.
   QUESTION, query, problem, poser, desideratum, point to be solved, porism; subject -, field- of -inquiry, - controversy; point -, matter- in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention ( discord ) [See Discord ]; plain -, fair -, open- question; enigma ( secret ) [See Secret ]; knotty point ( difficulty ) [See Difficulty ]; quodlibet [L. ]; threshold of an inquiry.
   INQUIRER, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist, examiner, probator, catechist; scrutator, scrutineer, scrutinizer; analyst; quidnunc ( curiosity ) [See Curiosity ].

VERB:
INQUIRE, seek, search; make inquiry &c. n.; look -for, - about for, - out for; scan, reconnoiter or reconnoitre, explore, sound, rummage, ransack, pry, peer, look round; look -, go- -over, - through; give the once-over [ slang ]; spy, overhaul.
  scratch the head, slap the forehead.
  look -, peer -, pry- into every hole and corner; visit -, look- behind the scenes; nose, nose out, trace up; hunt out, fish out, ferret out; unearth; leave no stone unturned.
   TRACK, seek a clew or clue; hunt, trail, shadow, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the -trail, - scent; pursue [See Remedy ]; beat up one’s quarters; fish for; feel for ( experiment ) [See Experiment ].
   INVESTIGATE; take up -, institute -, pursue -, follow up -, conduct -, carry on -, prosecute- an inquiry &c. n.; look at, look into; preëxamine; discuss, canvass, agitate.
   EXAMINE, mouse over [ U. S. ], study, consider, calculate; dip -, dive -, delve -, go deep- into; make sure of, probe, sound, fathom; probe to the -bottom, - quick; scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow; view -, try- in all its phases; thresh out.
   BRING IN QUESTION, subject to examination, pose; put to the proof ( experiment ) [See Experiment ]; audit, tax, pass in review; take into consideration ( think over ) [See Thought ]; take counsel [See Advice ].
   QUESTION, ask, demand; put -, propose -, propound -, moot -, start -, raise -, stir -, suggest -, put forth -, ventilate -, grapple with -, go into- a question.
   INTERROGATE, put to the question, catechize, pump; cross-question, cross-examine; roast [ colloq. ], grill [ colloq. ], put through the third degree [ colloq. ]; dodge; require an answer; pick -, suck- the brains of; feel the pulse.
   BE IN QUESTION &c. adj.; undergo examination.

ADJECTIVE:
INQUIRING &c. v.; inquisitive ( curious ) [See Curiosity ]; requisitive [ obs. ], requisitory; catechetical, inquisitorial, analytic; in search of, in quest of; on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic; all-searching.
   UNDETERMINED, untried, undecided, tentative; in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry; under -discussion, - consideration, - investigation &c. n.; sub judice [L. ], moot, proposed; doubtful ( uncertain ) [See Uncertainty ].

ADVERB:
WHAT? why? wherefore? pourquoi? [F. ], warum? [Ger. ], whence? whither? where? quœre? [L. ]; how comes it? how does it happen? how is it? what is the reason? what’s the matter? what’s in the wind? what’s afoot? what’s up? what’s in the air? what is it all about? what on earth? when? who? nicht wahr? [Ger. ].

Day 004 (Thursday, September 16, 2004): Review and criticism of the research question.

Day 005 (Tuesday, September 21, 2004): Assign production mapping. The production mapping is a visual diagram that will chart the possible content of the research question as well as the means and methods for its exhibition. The production mapping should be formatted (for future publication purposes) for a vertical (portrait) 8.5 by 11 inch image with final results published as a pdf document.

• Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning Information. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, 1990.
• Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, 1983.
• Tufte, Edward R. Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative. Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, 1997.
  

Due: Day 006 (Thursday, September 23, 2004) production mapping rough draft.

Due: Day 007 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004) production mapping presentations

Day 008 (Thursday, September 30, 2004): Assign web site development. goto: area004studenttemplate.html and save as index into your sites folder.

Due: TBA