ARTIST DIARY
WEEK 1
Using Diaries as Project Documentation 4 MONDAY
ARTIST DIARY
WEEK 2
Why keeping a diary is useful 11 MONDAY: To keep track of what you are doing and why
The contents of a project diary depends on what it is about, why you are keeping it and what is important to you. The diary can be a valuable tool for documenting project activities, processes, thoughts and outcomes. It also acts as a mechanism by which we can reflect upon our own practice, processes, approach, partnerships and professional development. A diary can make explicit a person’s development through reflecting the ongoing refinement of practice and thorough evidencing of the skills that have been realised. In this way, we not only retrospectively trace our own development, and the project’s evolution, but the progress of any participants and stakeholders.
Todays thought Todays session, went completely to plan, just as I expected...........
It can be easy to be distracted about why you are doing what you are doing or why it might be you are doing something a certain way. A diary serves as a reminder of our rationale, which is often useful when having to change plans as a response to something new or unexpected. It also serves as a refocusing device if the progress of a project begins to move away from its original aims. Often, during the lifetime of a project, many conversations and exchanges take place and you won’t remember them all as a project progresses. The diary will serve as a record of valuable thinking processes, conversations and observations that often evidence the impact of the people and activities involved within a project.
By writing things down we are more likely to remember them and by maintaining a clearer recollection of events we are better prepared in developing and improving from them. A diary does not have to be a purely written document; you can keep images, drawings, audio / visual recordings or reference external influences from the TV, radio or papers – things that cause reflection or create thoughts or actions.
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All going to plan!!!!!
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