On was an interdisciplinary graduate periodical established by RISD graduate students in 2006. It featured essays and student work that related to a general issue theme. On was intended as a quarterly publication, but it is unclear if further issues beyond the first were ever published.
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New Observations #130 | On the Addressee
Mia Feroleto and Pedro A.H. Paixão
New Observations is a non-profit, contemporary arts journal written, edited, and published by the arts community. For more information visit newobservations.org.
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Harnessing the Imagination: The Asymmetry of Belief and Make-Believe
Elisa Galgut
Contemporary philosophical discussion on the nature of the imagination has been influenced by recent empirical work in cognitive science. Our imaginative and emotional engagement with works of fiction has been explained by appealing to the similarities between our ordinary cognitive functioning and the workings of our imagination. Believing and imagining, it is argued, are governed by a “single code.” I argue against this claim, and suggest that our imagination – and in particular our literary imagination – in many respects functions very differently from ordinary cognition.
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Toward an Interdivisional Curriculum in Computer Programming at RISD
Shawn Greenlee
Shawn Greenlee’s ACP fellowship project combined several goals and projected outcomes: 1) to research and develop the evolving computer programming curriculum in Foundation Studies, including precedent research and literature review, sharing perspectives and finding common ground among faculty, and developing an introductory unit on programming; 2) to initiate partnerships with other divisions toward integrating computer-programming instruction across the disciplines and years, leading to a curricular pathway that combines theory, history, and practice; 3) to coordinate with faculty on a proposed Coding Studio that would provide co-curricular support for courses involving programming; and 4) to seek future funding opportunities to continue this work. This report was written in summer 2014, and is part of a larger, ongoing effort among multiple faculty members. It should be read along with related ACP and 2050 reports (specified below) and the “Position Statement and Actionable Roadmap for Code Studio and an Undergraduate Concentration in Computation” (presented to the Provost’s Council in May 2015).
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Instructions for Code
Jerel Johnson
Jerel Johnson, a graduate student in Graphic Design, worked together with Clement Valla, Assistant Professor, Graphic Design, and Carl Lostritto, Assistant Professor, Architecture, to develop instructional materials to support the teaching and learning of coding and computation. The materials contributed to developing infrastructure and pedagogy around computational literacy for the Code Studio, which provides support for students and faculty in learning and teaching coding, programming, and computation knowledge and serves as a meeting place and site for research. See Valla’s ACP report for further background on the Code Studio.
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Cultural Assimilation
Janice King, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Undergraduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Experimental and Foundation Studies. Class: Design. Faculty: Judy Maloney.
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Cultural Assimilation
Janice King, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Undergraduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Experimental and Foundation Studies. Class: Design. Faculty: Judy Maloney.
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Cultural Assimilation
Janice King, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Undergraduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Experimental and Foundation Studies. Class: Design. Faculty: Judy Maloney.
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Cultural Assimilation
Janice King, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Undergraduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Experimental and Foundation Studies. Class: Design. Faculty: Judy Maloney.
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Solar Decathlon 2014: Techstyle Haus Project Manual
Jonathan Knowles
Solar Decathlon 2014 Techstyle Haus Project Manual. The Solar Decathlon competition challenges twenty collegiate teams to design and build sustainable homes that are powered exclusively by solar energy and incorporate sustainable architecture and design. Techstyle Haus is an international Brown University, RISD and University of Applied Sciences Erfurt,Germany collaboration designing a solar passivehaus out of high performance textiles.
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Monument to Nothingness
Rebecca Leffell, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Graduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Graphic Design. Class: Graduate Studio 1. Faculty: Bethany Jones and Dylan Fracareta.
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Monument to Nothingness
Rebecca Leffell, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Graduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Graphic Design. Class: Graduate Studio 1. Faculty: Bethany Jones and Dylan Fracareta.
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Monument to Nothingness
Rebecca Leffell, Fleet Library, and Special Collections
Graduate student. Year of Graduation: 2018. Major: Graphic Design. Class: Graduate Studio 1. Faculty: Bethany Jones and Dylan Fracareta.
