– The assignment is based on your visit to the
exhibition, ‘The Cult of Beauty Visual Story’
– Word count: 1700 words (-/+10%)
– Explain atleast
2 research methods that you would employ in order to elaborate on any
one
aspect of beauty as depicted in the exhibition, i.e. you need to select any
one from the
following 3 themes from the exhibition:
1) The
Ideals of Beauty
2) The
Industry of Beauty
3)
Subverting Beauty
So for
instance, if you select the second theme of ‘Industry of Beauty’, a potential
research
method you could use is conducting semi-structured interviews (a
qualitative research
method) with marketing executives of beauty brands, in
addition to a seconday data
analysis of sales reports of brands. Your essay
should compulsorily cover the following
points:
1.
Outline atleast 2 research methods that you
would employ. Explain WHY you chose those methods, what kind of information
will you be able to gather with those research methods, and why they are the most suitable. Include
the limitations of your chosen research
methods as well.
2.
Discuss one example of media from the
exhibition of your chosen theme-such as books, photographs, videos, paintings
or posters that was used as research material for the
exhibition. Explain
its purpose and include an image of the same from the exhibition.
Remember:
– 7-8 references (academic). You can also include
websites/videos/multimedia/reports as part of your references, but minimum 7
references need to be academic.
– Ensure your essay is formatted properly, has
a uniform font size and style.
– Have a bibliography/reference list at the
end.
– The image included in the essay should be
clicked by you. You may include more than one image if you like.
