With origins in skateboard and surfing culture, snowboarding has grown to become a mainstream recreational and professional sport, officially recognized in the Olympic Games. This popularity can be attributed to several factors, including the sub-culture of rebellion and self-expression it embodies and the daring, dynamic aerial maneuvers and stunts often portrayed in the media. However, the sport also exposes participants to a well-documented injury pattern, with injuries rates typically twice as frequent as those seen in skiing. While a number of studies have shown existing snowboarding safety products reduce the risk of injury, these readily available products are not widely used among participants who view them as “uncool” and “unnecessary”. Exploring how affective features and attributes can improve the desirability of a forecast snowboarding personal protective equipment (PPE) product, this thesis proposes that a primary requirement for these products must be desirability - to make attractive, to create a positive impression, to strengthen ones identity and engender appreciation. Responding to these emotional needs, this thesis presents a proposal for a product designed to enhance user-experience, challenging the current philosophy of safety products and their ‘uncool’ perceptions.

This research investigates critical methods for approaching aesthetic design decisions in illustration. As a method of communication illustration qualifies its subjects through aesthetic choices, or modalities. The qualifying nature of these modalities can affect communication in an image and this research seeks an explicit understanding of how this communication occurs. This practice-based research project employs two aesthetic extremes, line and tone, in the creation of four historic visual narratives designed to fill visual gaps in the history of 1 Commando Fiji Guerillas. Line and tone are tendered as a means of visually negotiating the informing records of the Fiji Commando experience, records characterised by both conflict and absence. Can these disparate, conflicting, yet necessary records of experience be visually acknowledged in an illustrated expansion of the Fiji Commando's visual history? This position serves as the point of departure for research. An understanding of the communicative properties of line and tone is followed by investigation into their relationship to the propositions they represent, with initial research suggesting that modalities reflect the social contexts from which they encode. This relationship implied a means to negotiate the historic records necessary in a contemporary visual articulation of the Fiji Commando experience through the strategic use of aesthetic modalities to acknowledge the nature of informing source material. This practice-based approach to research allowed the consolidation of both the possible and the probable in the creation of a new visual, historic text, while revealing analytical approaches to aesthetic choice.

RESUMO Este estudo mostra como se deu a relação das artes visuais com a ciência e a tecnologia. Para isso, partiu das idéias lançadas pelos irmãos Naum Gabo e Anton Pevsner, construtivistas russos, através do Manifesto realista, procurando libertar as artes visuais de seu estigma de arte estática. Esta pesquisa acompanhou o trajeto de artistas (Archipenko, Ducahmp, Gabo, Pevsner, Moholy Nagy, Mari, Bury, Tinguely, Schöffer, Takis, Tatlin, Rodchenko, Man Ray, Calder, Le Parc, Palatinik, Lígia Clarck, Robert Rauchemberg, Christa Sommer&Laurent Mignonneau, Jeffrey Shaw...) que, ao longo do século XX, desenvolveram pesquisas nesta linha. Este trabalho percorreu a história da arte cinética, apontando artistas que exploraram a interatividade (a perceptiva, a espaço/temporal ou a potencial surgida da relação da arte com a tecnologia) além daqueles que buscaram soluções em outras disciplinas, tanto em outras artes como na ciência. Mostra como a complexidade desta interdisciplinaridade criou mudanças de conceitos formais, estruturais e estéticos. Enfoca também como a adesão das artes às novas tecnologias provocou transformações não apenas no mundo dos artistas, mas também no universo institucional que incentiva e promove as artes visuais contemporâneas. / Abstract This study intends to analyze the relationship between visual arts, science and technology. Its initial reference is the idea written by two Russian Constructivist artists, Naum Gabo and Anton Pevsner, in the Realist Manifesto, in 1920. The two artist, that were also brothers, were trying to free visual arts of its static art's stigma. For that, this research followed some artists' itinerary that developed researches with this approach in the 20th century, such as Archipenko, Duchamp, Flatters, Pevsner, Moholy Nagy, Mari, Bury, Tinguely, Schöffer, Takis, Tatlin, Rodchenko, Man Ray, Calder, Reads Parc, Palatinik, Lígia Clarck, Robert Rauchemberg, Christa Sommer&Laurent Mignonneau, and Jeffrey Shaw. This work went trough the kinetic art history and examined artists that have explored the interaction pointing in their works (the perceptive interaction, the space interaction and the new potential interaction that appeared from the relationship between art and technology), and examined as well as artists that have found solutions in others discipline, such as science. The complexity of this interdisciplinary relationship created formal, structural and aesthetic concepts changes in the art world. Finally, the study also focuses in how the artist’s adhesion to new technologies provoked transformations in the institutions that motivates and promotes the contemporary visual arts.

Esta pesquisa de doutorado em Artes Visuais começou no ano de 2010, na Escola de Comunicação e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo - ECA/USP, intitulada O que se ensina e o que se aprende nas Licenciaturas em Artes Visuais a distância?, sob orientação da Profa. Dra. Ana Mae Tavares Bastos Barbosa, e tem como objetivo principal o de realizar síntese analítica e crítica de currículos de formação de profissionais de Ensino de Artes Visuais nos cursos de Licenciatura em Artes Visuais oferecidos na modalidade de Educação a Distância. Trata, principalmente, do mapeamento de uma área ainda iniciante em termos de pesquisa: a verificação da qualidade da formação de professores de arte visuais feita na modalidade de Ensino chamada de Educação a Distância EaD. Como o tema é inédito na área de Ensino de arte, os três capítulos, mais as considerações finais percorrem um caminho pavimentado de muito mais perguntas do que certezas, buscando dar voz aos atores desses processos educativos, em especial aos alunos dos cursos dessas licenciaturas. Composta de referencial teórico inter e multidisciplinar, mais a pesquisa de campo, com entrevistas, busca traçar as bases para a construção de uma Epistemologia do Ensino de Artes Visuais por Educação a Distância, se colocando como uma abertura ao diálogo e à reflexão, necessários, em especial no cenário contemporâneo aonde, a cada dia mais, a Educação a Distância vem ganhando significativa expressão numérica, com a convicção de que EaD não pode ser entendida somente, como uma sucessão, ou substituição da Educação presencial, pois, sua função é, além de aumentar o acesso ao conhecimento, a de realizar-se como uma prática significativa e consequente em relação aos princípios dos projetos pedagógico contemporâneos. / This doctoral research in Visual Arts began in 2010 in the School of Communication and Arts of University of São Paulo - ECA / USP, entitled \"O que se ensina e o que se aprende nas Licenciaturas em Artes Visuais a distância?\" under supervision of Profa. Dra. Ana Mae Tavares Bastos Barbosa, and aims to perform the analytical and critical synthesis of the training curricula of professional education in Visual Arts Bachelor of Visual Arts offered in the form of distance education. Comes mainly from the mapping of a fledgling area research terms checking the quality of teacher education in visual art made teaching method called Distance Education (e-Learning). As the topic is unprecedented in the field of art education, the three chapters, plus the final considerations go a path paved with more questions than answers, seeking to give voice to these actors educational processes, in particular the students of undergraduate courses such. Composed of inter and multidisciplinary theoretical framework, more field research with interviews, seeks to trace the foundations for building an epistemology of teaching Arts, posing as an opening to dialogue and reflection necessary, especially in the contemporary scenario where, every day more, distance education has been gaining significant numeric expression, with the belief that distance education cannot be understood only as a succession or replacement of classroom education, because its function is, in addition to increasing access to knowledge, to be held as a significant and consistent practice on the principles of contemporary pedagogical projects.

Jana Kerhartová Play, playfulness and humour in the practice of the Art Gallery H Abstract This thesis presents activities of an unofficial private art gallery which operated in Kostelec nad Černými lesy in the 1980s. The research for the paper combined the oral history method, work with visual and textual archives and (visual) semiotic analysis. The aim of the research was to describe the activities of The Art Gallery H and to verify the possibilities of didactic transformation of some chosen aspects into visual arts education. The data, especially interviews with witnesses, historical documents, artworks and school lessons have the character of utterances in the poststructuralist context. Memories of the time and the alternative community viewed through the lens of today bring us important information about the present as well. Clandestine culture arisen in the totalitarian regime brings a new perspective into issues such as freedom, focus of our activities, relation to the establishment, ethics. The main concept that interconnects the whole thesis is the relation between humour, play and art creation. This motive is also important for the context of visual arts education.The outputs of the research were presented in the book Humour and Play in The Art Gallery H and at the exhibition of the same name...

Denna kunskapsöversikt har till syfte att systematiskt sammanställa kunskap om villkoren för estetiska lärprocesser i bildämnet i relation till en målrationell skola. Forskningen i denna kunskapsöversikt presenteras i förhållande till frågeställningen: Hur möjliggörs och begränsas lärande med estetiska lärprocesser genom kursplanen för bild i årskurs 7-9? Systematiska sökningar i databaser för forskning inom pedagogik och utbildningsvetenskap genererade ett brett underlag och valda studier kategoriseras i resultatet där frågeställningen behandlas i en diskussion utifrån tre prominenta teman: En målrationell skola och styrdokument, Lärarens roll och bildlärarprofession samt Förhållningssätt till estetiska lärprocesser. Denna kategorisering synliggör icke statliga organisationers inverkan på utbildningspolitiken och det målrationella utbildningssystemets påverkan på estetiska lärprocesser.

This inquiry aims to contribute to the understanding of critical pedagogy and its implications for the visual arts classroom as it identifies the transformative dimensions of critical pedagogy in visual arts education. Consequently, this inquiry answers the questions: What are the views of critical pedagogy that can be discerned in the current Swedish syllabus for visual arts? And, how can the transformative dimensions of critical pedagogy be manifested in the visual arts classroom? The rationale of the study rests on the visual arts teachers’ importance to provide pupils with means for understanding the world in a nuanced way. The study is a theoretical study using critical pedagogy as a theoretical frame. The research material consists of the Swedish syllabus for visual arts and four academic publications that exemplify the use of critical pedagogy in visual arts education. The study uses content analysis for a systematic review of this material. The results suggest that critical pedagogy is an asset for creating meaningful and engaging classrooms environments. The findings also indicate that visual arts teachers may interpret parts of the Swedish visual arts syllabus as means to advocate for social justice. However, the results also suggest the need for visual arts teachers to expand the planned syllabi, and the importance of collective efforts and cooperation in the visual arts classroom. Furthermore, the study also re-presents these results in a didactical commentary in form of a visual narrative — a graphic story —.

This is a study of qualitative method that aims to investigate how compulsory school students perceive the content of Visual Art Education and the relevance of art education. The study is based on empirical methods that consists of semi-structured interviews with a total of 12 students in grades 6 and 9. The theoretical framework of the study is based on a sociocultural perspective which describes that it is through communication and interaction with others that the individual acquires knowledge and skills. The theoretical starting points for the study are supported by the concepts of visual culture, visual literacy and Vygotskijs concepts of creativity and imagination with the assistance of contemporary research that describes the concepts from the perspective of a modern-day society. Furthermore, the study uses the cultural circuit from Hall and photo elicitation from Rose as analytical tool to analyze the participants perceptions about Visual Art Education. The results of my study show that Visual Art Education still represents something that is more similar to a traditional view of artist work, with a focus on techniques and materials. The results also show that the participants perceive Visual Art Education as less important compared to other school subjects and some of the participants don’t think they will benefit from the subject’s knowledge and abilities either in future education, future profession or their private life. This shows the participants narrow view of how abilities linked to visual literacy are relevant in a modern society. The knowledge contribution added to the problem area and previous research is a deeper understanding of how the participants perceive the relevance of Visual Art Education. The study is important and relevant for the teaching profession, as students need to be made more aware of the breadth and relevance of Visual Art Education. From this content it can be deduced that the abilities that students must acquire through visual arts education are about so much more than just drawing. It is also important that teachers gain insight and understanding of how students perceive the relevance of Visual Art Education for them to be able to move forward.

This paper compiles research regarding comics utilised in the visual arts classroom. Our findings are based on numerous research projects demonstrating the positive impact of incorporating comics into the classroom while acknowledging some potential challenges. Some of the history and background of comics will be explored, and we will take you along on our journey through databases full of research and case studies. Furthermore, the studies are sorted in an ascending fashion according to their relevance to this paper. Our goal is to offer insight into the educational potential of comics, drawing from the work of various researchers in the field. The findings show that while some challenges in instruction may occur, comics are a vastly underestimated and overlooked teaching tool in both visual arts and various subjects. The results tell us that comics in the visual arts classroom are filled with opportunities to broaden the bank of knowledge and resources further.

There’s a party this evening but Tilde is feeling too awkward. Travelling between mediums. What are the visual narratives I use in comics? What can be told better when adapted to the movie format? Which comic elements am I unable to translate to the film format? The relationship with the reader suddenly has the limitations of time, and explorations of sound. Does the experience of diving into a different medium affect how I swim in my usual field? With a background of 17 years’ experience as a comic artist, I explore the art of making a short movie. My degree project is a stand-alone short film and a chapter from a comic in the making. / Det är fest ikväll men Tilde känner sig för nervös. En resa mellan medier. Vilka visuella narrativ använder jag som serieskapare? Vad kan berättas bättre när det anpassas till film? Vilka serieelement kan jag inte översätta till film? Relationen till läsaren får här ett hinder i form av relationen till tid, men med ljudet som en ny möjlighet. Kommer erfarenheten av att doppa fötterna i ett annat fält påverka hur jag simmar i mitt egna? Efter 17 år i serietecknarbranschen kastar jag mig in i att göra en kortfilm. Mitt examensarbete är en fristående kortfilm och ett kapitel i en längre serieberättelse.