TODAY IS THE DAY!

Come to the Human Ecology Building at the University of Alberta today between 4-6 for the opening of our exhibit!
It looks amazing and we can't for you all the see what we have done!

More Pictures!

Promo Posters!

Check out what we have been up to!

March 9th, 2010: Announcements

Today we needed to distinguish what would be going on the blog as compared to the log book. We will be posting our documentation team progress as well as any other important events that occur along the way.
We announced the Twitter, Facebook and Blog to the class, as well as wrote the web addresses on the whiteboard.
Our team created photo release form and got the class to sign them. Pretty much everyone agreed that they didn't care if their picture was online, but they did not want their name involved. So no tagging will be done on Facebook. The class also signed a release form from the department.

March 4th, 2010: Who Will We Represent?

Today our group decided that we were going try talking to Nait and Grant Mac. Ashley and Cara decided that they would handle that aspect. They are going to e-mail and see what they hear back. Cross your fingers!
We made a few tweaks to our Twitter page today. Also tweeted about some of the things that were going on in class.
We officially published the Facebook group today as well. "The Great Pretenders: Questioning the Meaning of Authenticity Exhibit". Go check it out! We added info and created a few discussion topics. Now we just need to get everyone to join!
As the documentation committee, we decided it would be easier for all of us if one person was assigned to represent each other committee. Here is what we came up with:

• Ashley: Artifacts and Research and Text
• Cara: Promotions
• Hayley: Graphic Design
• Kelsey: Spatial Design
• Rebecca: Props

We also split up duties in our own committee:

• Kelsey: Blog
• Hayley and Rebecca: Photography
• Ashley and Cara: Documentary (Video)

And then all of us will update the Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Full Promotional Blurb

Authenticity has been defined as something that is honest, genuine or original. Yet, we argue that perceptions of authenticity are shaped by social and cultural values, making this traditional definition too limiting. Through our exhibition we therefore aim to expand the meaning of authenticity, to move beyond the dichotomous labels of real versus fake.

Our holistic approach to the issue is grounded in human ecological and material culture theory, which considers people's relationships to objects within their environment. So as you experience the exhibit, we invite you to ask yourself: 

What IS real?

March 2nd, 2010: Title and Theme

Today as a class we discussed title and theme for the exhibit. 

Regarding the title from went from:

• The Great Pretenders: Defining Authenticity and Looking at Knock-offs and Imitation
• to:
• The Great Pretenders: Questioning the Meaning of Authenticity

We also decided on the theme. After much discussion we all agreed on the basis of:

• 6 principles of assessement:
• form and design
• materials and substance
• use and function
• traditions and techniques
• location and setting
• spirit and feeling

Then as a group -- we created the twitter account. thegr8pretendrs. follow us!

[PhotoCredit] 

February 25th, 2010 -- Intro Day

So we just figured out which groups we have been placed in. Most of the girls in our group originally wanted to be in Promotion/Fundraising, but we are all pleased with having been placed on the Documentation Team. Otherwise known as Team Awesome. Right away, we had many ideas and ways in which to document this process. First, we decided that we wanted to create this blog. We also wanted to keep it modern so we knew that we wanted to create Facebook and Twitter accounts. Our group decided that we would have a representative from our to group to interact with each different group. By the end of class, we exchanged e-mails and we began to get very excited about our future work.

[Photo Credit]

In case you are lost, or not from our class, our Human Ecology 462 class is creating an exhibit for our Human Ecology Building. This exhibit will be based around what we have learned in this 'Material Culture in the Home and Community' class. The photo above is a previous exhibit that was done in the showcase, and this is were we will be creating ours as well. We are part of the Documentation Committee, one of the many committees made to help the project come together. Please come back and follow our journey in developing this exhibition. Learn with us.