Bartlet Project

The Bartlett project provided us all another reflective moment at this point in the course, where we have been able to discuss the new spaces that we are collectively creating through interaction. While preparing for the presentation day I have been having some discussions with f2f students as well as my online colleagues about how the nature of or communication shapes the manner in which we interact. It tends to be polite, well-considered, visual, democratic, fluid. For example its 7:10am at the moment, I’m sitting in my kitchen where I’ve rigged a second network point, Jonathan in China will probably be thinking about his evening meal, Mark in Florida should be asleep while Nina in London will be mid commute to work, maybe sitting on the tube with thousands of others. Geographically diverse but all feeling part of a close group sharing and at the same time creating this course, for it feels to me that there is a great deal of shared ownership of the course, sharing in something that is quite special.
On the day of the Bartlett presentation four of us online students where around to chat live to the Architecture students that Andy was giving the talk to. It was slightly hard to follow exactly what was happening at times due to the sound stuttering. We could see Andy and the main projection screen, through a web cam but I think it would also have been nice to see the students who where in the room, or if they had been less shy about communicating with us online at the end of the talk. Nina and I also sent live camera feeds during the presentation, hopefully giving a visual, playful feel in the background. At the end of the talk we could hear quite a buzz of conversation in the room so it seemed that Andy had got people thinking and excited. I find thoughts of future collaborations with different groups, maybe like the Bartlett student, exciting.