Week 3

Protest brief..

As my protest is focused on trafficking, I have been continuing to research for the past 2 weeks on all areas. I found out the main types of human trafficking are forced labor, sex trafficking and organ sacrifice. I collected information on all three types of trafficking to develop a clearer understanding of the subject. I soon learned that out of all the various types of trafficking, sexual trafficking is most common. Here are some of the facts I came across during my research:

•        $32 billion: Size of human trafficking industry…some estimate $50 billion.

•        2nd largest and fastest growing crime on earth after drug trafficking

•        Commercial sex trafficking of minors: Fastest growing sex crime

•        600,000 to 800,000: People trafficked each year

•        80% of victims are female

•        50% of victims are children

I want to expand on my research further and find out if there are possible ways to prevent it. Also I am interested in finding out what kind of people help to stop trafficking. I have gave myself a lot of areas to research into but I feel I wouldn't be able to create a piece of artwork representing the theme if I don't have the knowledge and understanding behind it.

Week 2

The research begins...

Throughout the week, I continued to research so that I could narrow down a suitable concept. I began by reflecting back on my mind map and grouped related areas together. Two main areas stood out to me but I decided to go with weather patterns and causes. To gain knowledge on the area, I looked at basic facts and answered initial questions I asked myself. Monitoring tools and meter reading was also something I came across in my research. After having spend a lengthy time researching (or at least it felt like that), I realised that concentrating on weather patterns and causes was an area that I wasn't very interested in.

 

 

 Although this somehow managed to lead me towards the aftermath of an earthquake. How people rebuild community's and life's by working together was something that I felt more passionate about. I plan to go ahead with this idea as I still have plenty time to research.

Block 2 - Week 1

After getting introduced to our new class brief

" Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?"

I Created mind maps with my initial thoughts and ideas. After thinking about my range of possible themes, I then narrowed it down to focus on natural disasters. I feel this topic would interest me the most. After struggling to think of a suitable concept I decided to keep it wide and open to begin with. Through research I plan to expand on my concept. I was interested in natural disasters when studying geography at high school and would like to expand on my knowledge.

    

The brief for Catherine's class is focused on the theme of protest. Straight away I knew my theme would focus on trafficking as I was thinking about concentrating on the subject in a previous brief. Trafficking has always been a topic I have been curious about - ever since I watched a movie relating to it a few years back. This should be interesting...