As already discussed in the posts before this one, I’m aiming to produce a “Human’s of New York” type of project in the upcoming weeks on which I can reflect and note down my advancements as initiative posts. Projects like these are such ideal opportunities to fine tune the technical skills that we are developing in workshops (such as with equipment as well as Adobe Premier Pro) as well as our reflective practices.
Such a central component of this course is understanding and cultivating interesting and professional interviewing practices. Because of this it would be ideal to gain more expansive experiences putting these newfound skills into play. Interviewing people in my building would thus provide the opportunity to practice these said skills as well as my ability to reflect honestly on my progress in this course. It’s important to highlight that the skills required through this initiative project and those required in the course itself are so closely interrelated with one another.
As someone who has recently moved inter-state to Melbourne herself, I can appreciate the effect that being away from ‘home’ can have. But what makes a home? Is it the place that you were born in or from where your family originates? Or, rather, can you make a home for yourself in an entirely new city and what facilities this in happening?
Essentially this project will grapple with what allows us to really connect with one another in an increasingly digital landscape in the relationships that we make in real time. Do the networks aimed at increasing human interconnectivity allow us to become as openly and genuinely connected as what we could be or as what they should? Or, rather, do authentic and honest human interactions with one another provide the means for that more open and genuine connection? These are ideas that I will be exploring when I start my interviewing phase (and editing and producing of the content produced) later in the term.
