Inquiry Report

Guidelines for the compilation of the Inquiry Report on the "Clothing Item" (CI)

1. Identify the CI
2. Prepare a Conceptual Map (CM) consisting of no more than 7 nodes
Remind that in the CM the connections are of prime importance
3. Start collecting data and elements for the inquiry, i.e.
3.1 Dictionary, i.e. translation in different languages of the CI
3.2 Glossary, i.e. a word cluster around the CI (in English)
3.3 Anthology, i.e. a collection of literary texts, from mythology thru the Web (do not forget the bibliographic references)
3.4 Comics, at least 1 picture containing an explicit citation of the CI
3.5 Images from the visual arts (at least 3 picture)
3.6 Movies (at least 1 clip)
3.7 Songs (at least 1 lyrics)
3.8 Materials (a chronological selection of the CI materials)
3.9 Shapes (an evolution of the CI)
3.10 Innovations (a selection of 3-5 Patents (*))
4. Prepare a conclusive text that in a narrative form goes along the paths traced by the CM (2000-4000 characters maximum; no lists, schematics, graphs are allowed)

NEXT LECTURE WILL BE ON APRIL, 28th

(*) Patents can be found in the Web Site http://www.freepatentsonline.com