With this project, I reflect on past and present forms of education and reimagine new forms of education through storytelling. Through multiple formats and media, the past, present, and future will be intertwined. The past component focuses on the history of education and how it has shaped how we learn today. The present component focuses on my personal experiences in the educational system and how it has shaped me. The future component imagines new worlds with different forms of education.
To share these facets of education, I created multiple outcomes of the project to account for different learning styles:
1. I created a short film that tells the story for my own education for visual and aural learners.
2. I have been developing a book with a series of writings and images that weave together the personal, political, and mechanics of education (for verbal learners).
3. I ran a series of workshops that encouraged participants to create zines, drawings, and dioramas that evaluate current forms of education and imagine new forms of learning. These artworks are displayed in the exhibition and there is a workshop station for you to add to the exhibition (for hands-on learners).
4. There is also a story sharing resource within the exhibition in which you could share stories about your education and hear stories about other people’s experiences.
5. There are a series of collages and drawings that I created that imagine new possible worlds with different forms of education.
