reflection exercise

The main aim of the minor is to learn how to collaborate in a transdisciplinary manner across and beyond arts and sciences, which is why we place an emphasis on process throughout the minor. An important part of this approach is reflection – the ability to become aware of your own ways of thinking and doing, and to critically analyze your own learning process (both individually and as a team). In the final assignments (process presentation and project documentation), reflection on the process is a crucial part. To help you along, please answer the questions below, create a space on your group page (or create a new page) and post the answers. You will discuss the exercise in next week’s meeting with your guiding tutor. So please complete the exercise before Thu. 15 Oct.

The questions below are reformulations of the grading criteria of the process presentation (the team questions) and the project documentation (the individual questions). This means you can use these questions, and your answers, when preparing for the process presentation and when creating your project documentation.

As a team, please answer the following questions:

- How is your collaboration going? How have you created a constructive and productive working environment as a team? And if not, why do you think this is the case?
- How are you combining scientific, embodied and/or visual knowledges in your team?
- What is the influence of academic, artistic and societal practices on your project?
- What audiences are reaching with your project, and how are you doing so?
- Why have you chosen this topic, and why have you chosen to approach it in the way that you do?

Individually, please answer the following questions:

- How are you learning from, and combining scientific, embodied and/or visual knowledges?
- How are you influenced by academic, artistic and societal practices in this process?
- How are you experiencing the transdisciplinary collaborative process?
- How do you collaborate with your fellow students, tutors and societal partners? What have you learned from them, and what are they learning from you?
- How are you contributing to the creation of a productive working environment for your team?
- How do you, or do you hope to in the future, contribute to society with your disciplinary knowledge expertise?