Monday 12 January 2015

Unit 2 – 2:1 Critically compare a range of primary and secondary research sources.


Unit 2 – 2:1  Critically compare a range of primary and secondary research sources.



List three secondary sources that you used/might use in your research e.g.

(1).  http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/series/sean-o-hagan-on-photography

(2).  The British Journal of Photography.

(3).  One of the books that we recommend ‘Portfolio’ – ‘Photography the Whole Story’ or ‘Photography as contemporary Art’. Or a book of your choice.

Describe three separate secondary resources you choose and then compare ‘Critically’, you could do this by applying the what if approach, what if you were to choose one as being better than all of the others, what one is the best and why?

List three primary methods/sources…

(1). Working with a photographer (assisting, work release).

(2). Going to a Gallery and seeing photography exhibited.

(3). Conducting a survey.

Again describe the three methods and then compare them critically, e.g. what one do you think would be the best method of researching photography/photographers?

*Note; You may have already done this within your Gibbs with the previous assessment objective (Unit 2 – 1:1). Don’t repeat the information; perhaps add to it though if these prompts inspire a different more complex response.

One relatively simple example you could critically compare would be...
Youtube video interviews v Face to Face interviews
Why are Youtube videos useful and valid for your studies, what are the pros and cons of using such videos versus conducting a face to face interview with an artist/photographer?