This is a draft schedule—it will evolve, partly depending on the availability of guest speakers. Back to project overview

Week 1: Thursday August 30th

• Introductions
• Data Physicalization workshop, based on this format developed by Samuel Huron, Pauline Gourlet, Uta Hinrichs, Trevor Hogan, and Yvonne Jansen
• Set introductory readings
• Slides from Week 1 (PDF, needs CMU Box login)

Week 2: Thursday September 6th

• Look at some examples, from resources and others
• 10am: Guest talk from Viviana Ferrer-Medina, Psy.D., CMU Counseling and Psychological Services
• Get into groups, build studio walls

Week 3: Thursday September 13th

• Mapping out own experiences
• Try out some existing methods (New Metaphors, Mental Landscapes, etc)
• Ideas for new methods

Week 4: Thursday September 20th [note 8.30 start]

• 8.30am: Guest talk from Jill Simpson, University of York
• Start scaling up methods into something usable externally
• Research Through Design in more detail

Week 5: Thursday September 27th

• Development / testing
• [possible slot for guest talk]

[During Weeks 5/6: arrange meetings with Viviana Ferrer-Medina for comment / feedback / input]

Week 6: Thursday October 4th

• Development / testing
• Collecting data
• [possible slot for guest talk]
• Start to prepare blog posts / shareable content ready for Oct 10th (World Mental Health Day)

Week 7: Thursday October 11th

• Collecting data
• Start to prepare exhibition / demos

Week 8: Thursday October 18th

• Exhibition / demos / presentations
• Final write-ups (due October 22nd)