New Lectures for the Year 2010

The first lecture will take place at Alenia Buildings on Tuesday, October 12.

Students will be joined in couples; each couple shall prepare a blog named as:

SCM_Ying_Yang.blogspot.com

Themes, related to material and physical characteristics, are:

A. High / Low
B. Hot / Cold
C. Light / Dark
D. Cooked / Raw
E. Straight / Curved
F. Hard / Soft
G. Efficient / Inefficient
H. Dark / Refractory
I. Large / Small
J. Waterproof / Porous
K. Wide / Narrow
L. Liquid / Solid
M. Smooth / Rough
N. Long / Short； 长 / 短
O. Heavy / Light
P. Full / Empty
Q. Regular / Irregular
R. Resistant / Weak
S. Rigid / Flexible
T. Robust / Fragile
U. Natural / Artificial
V. Sharp / Rounded
W. Transparent / Opaque
X. Fast / Slow
Y. New / Used
Z. Wet / Dry
1. Thick / Thin




On the other hand,

Useful / Useless
Nice / Ugly
Good / Bad
Fun / Boring
Smart / Stupid

are categories depending on Ethics.

Chinese Guidelines 中文指导

For writing Chinese ideograms use the program:

HanWJ Chinese Input Engine

or the Google Translator

References

Some links in the web

Literature:
Liber & Liber.
Gutenberg Project
Planches de l'Encycclopédie
Encyclopédie, by Diderot and D'Alembert

Books & other:
Scribd

Comics:
Cover

Fairy Tales:
http://photoclub.controluce.it/scrigno/estratti-controluce/Dalla%20favola%20alla%20fiaba/Dalla%20favola%20alla%20fiaba.htm
http://www.carabinieri.it/arma/curiosita/fiabe/Fiabe_Main.htm
http://www.dienneti.it/percorsi/favole_fiabe.htm
http://www.lefiabe.com/
http://www.letturegiovani.it/Classiche.htm
http://www.wim.it/?path=/bambini/fiabe/fiabe_italiane
http://www.wim.it/?path=/bambini/fiabe/fiabe_italiane_brevi
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/hitfc/
http://www.aquino.it/pagine%20links/fiabe.htm

Next Lecture

The next Lecture of "History of Material Culture" will be held in Alenia Space on Wednesday, the 9th December, from 9.00 AM to 2.00 PM.
The student are kindly requested to bring with the elaborated final work for a preliminary examination.
In the following the structure of the "inquiry".

1. Identify the assigned "domestic tool"
2. Prepare a Conceptual Map (CM) for the organization of the final report.
3. Collect data and elements for the inquiry, and organize them in the following categories:
3.1 Dictionary, i.e. translation of the "word" into different languages
3.2 Glossary, i.e. a word cluster around the "domestic tool" (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 "domestic tool"
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 materials typical of the "domestic tool")
3.9 Shapes (an evolution of the "domestic tool")
3.10 Innovations (a selection of 3-5 Patents (*))
4. Prepare a conclusive report that - in a narrative form - describes the topics examined within the inquiry (2000-6000 characters maximum).

Pdf files are kindly requested for an easier examination of the work done.

(*) Visit the "freepatentsonline" site (a free registration is required).

In the Museum on Monday, 24th november

ladder, rake, bottle,...


crutch, glasses,...


... and a group on the top of the tower.

Visit to the Museum

Le lecture of Tuesday 24th november will take place at Palazzo Madama - Museo Civico di Arte Antica.
The meeting point is in front of the entrance at 2.45 PM.

Visit to the Museum