Thesis Beginnings

Maketa E. MabaneOctober 15, 2012 Upload

Thesis 1

Description

I want to explore the broad sphere of volcanology. I have been in love & passionate about volcanoes from the time I was 6. Insanely fascinated by the sheer power that I could sense from them - even at such a young age. If I were not a designer, I would be scientist. I love exploring, gaining new knowledge, and disseminating the knowledge to further course of humanity. As well as possibly saving future generations. I am going to do this through the lenses of:

1) Mystifying Affects of Volcanoes

} Culture } Scientific (relation to Quantum Physics)

2) Preparedness

} Culture of Evacuation - How do you facilitate trust? } Scientific - How does technology help? What’s the role of oral tradition? } Forecasting - How do we show forecasting?

Seeds of Obsessions

Seeds of Obsession

Age 2 -3 Love of Exploring

Age 5-6 Fell In Love With Nature,Dinosaurs, Anthropology, Volcanoes

Age 4-5 Love Of Learning

Mind Map

Volcanoes

Destruction

Beautiful

Pyroclastic Flow

PowerfulMystifying

AnthropologyHistory

Preparedness

Magma LifeLavaRock

Life’s Beginnings

Keywords

VolcanologyCulturePreparednessAnthropologyMystifyingRitualisticQuantum PhysicsTechnologyMapping

Precedents

Problem:

Not a lot of visually pleasing web presence about volcanology.

Note: This isn’t a criticism of the content, rather the execution of the presentation.

Precedents

Good Bad

Thesis Descriptions

Good Bad

Precedent

Why:

I feel like graphic elements such as photography are so important to the pedagogy of volcanoes

So are dynamic mappings & graphs

The type is clear, concise - yet not boring.

Personal Precedent

Preparedness:

Developing a sustainable strategy forfor the Red Cross in terms preparednessfor children.

Personal Precedent

Personal Precedent

...So What Do I Like?

Inspiration

Inspiration - Mapping

Inspiration - Designers

These designers break out of their discipline to explore multi-com-plex issues in various ways.

Next Steps

Interviewing Volcanologist

}Why are volcanoes important to you? }Why are they important to the world? }How would you evaluate the preparedness surrounding the volca-no(s) of your research?}What are obstacles? What do you propose? What are difficulties involved in implementing these solutions?

}How can we make volcanic knowledge appealing to more people?

Prototyping Maps

Prototyping Web

Other Questions

}Who is my target audience? General population or people in the scientific community?

Summary:

} This is essentially why I love volcanoes. Thank you.