JUSTUJU | To Pursue
Faculty Development Program
Justuju was a program for faculty development which aimed to promote a culture of critical research based practice in Communication Design education. Building upon the theme of Research by Practice, the program included workshops, lectures and seminars conducted by academics from Pakistan and USA through remote means.
Participating faculty from partnering institutes were able to engage critically with the concept of Research by Practice – Praxis and critical pedagogies while examining and exploring their own practice with regards to potential for critical research. Activities included elective seminars, lectures, presentations, activities, short assignments and sharing of resources. Through these activities participants gained theoretical and technical knowledge while engaging in interactive sessions led by trainers and experts from USA and Pakistan and paving the way for cross-institutional dialogue with peers from various design departments and industry experts.
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Changing Models of Design Education in Europe and the United States Through the
20th and 21st Centuries.
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Dr. Ahmed Ansari |
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Human Centered Design for Sustainable Innovation
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Dr. Henna Ali |
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Design Research: Investigative Design Methodologies |
Dr. Henna Ali |
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The Role of Rhetorical Theory in Journey Maps |
Dr. Leslie Hankey |
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The Breath of the Compassionate: Journey and Homage |
Erin Sledd |
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Atlas of (dys)Function: Unpacking the City Through Research & Design. |
Gulraiz Khan |
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Models in Design Education: The Role of History, Theory, and Speculative Practice in the Curriculum |
Dr. Ahmed Ansari |
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Workshops |
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Critical Pedagogy: Looking at Reflective Practice(S) |
Yasmeen Salman |
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Visualizing Research - 3 workshop series |
Dr. Leslie Hankey |
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Designing, Executing and Documenting a Research Informed Creative Project |
Erin Sledd |
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Digital Whiteboarding: An introduction to Remote Collaboration |
Hassan Habib |
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Documentation & Presentation of Research |
Mobeen Ansari |
I had the privilege of attending the “Visualizing Research” workshop conducted by Dr. Leslie Hankey, through the Justuju faculty development program. Dr. Hankey is an amazing instructor who taught in detail about the methodologies we, as pedagogues, can utilize in our own practice. Thorough information was provided in context to research while teaching, ideational drawing, and UX journey maps. Like many of the participants, I too enjoyed the activity of creating a personal journey map, allowing me to share my experiences through rhetoric (language and symbols) I wish Dr. Hankey the very best and look forward to learning from her in the future.
The Visualizing Research Workshop taught by Dr Leslie Hankey for Justuju over a 2 hour Zoom session, was not just enlightening but also very useful to my design practice. Dr Leslie was able to cover THREE main topics namely: 1. Research while teaching, 2. Ideational drawing, and 3. UX journey maps. She spoke about what rhetoric is and how journey maps can help solve a design problem. She also shared some of the reading resources as well as analogue and digital tools that would help us accomplish this.