This course is designed to teach you methodologies for effectively working with and interpreting primary sources, including unconventional material, ephemera, and digital evidence.
You will develop practical thinking skills, such as holding, looking at, and observing material. The sessions support new narratives that combine materiality and reframe existing concepts.
Research sessions
The research sessions begin with description and analysis, which helps develop the balance between contextualisation and focus. They also locate typographic research within related disciplines. These sessions are particularly relevant for those working with underrepresented scripts, languages, or communities and those working to address biases in existing literature.
Course focus
This course is suitable for academics, researchers, and individuals preparing for PhD study who are developing a research project, publication, or proposal.
Additionally, for those with broader interests, the course will help build skills for qualitative work with archives and constructing narratives from material evidence.