Ben Lingard

Tag: study statement

  • Words

    Words

    So, I’m still not entirely convinced by my study statement. I don’t think it is wrong exactly, and I don’t think I’m completely barking up the wrong tree, but I do have a growing suspicion that I have tried to over-academicise the whole thing. I have spent a lot of time trying to give the…

  • Who owns what?

    Who owns what?

    As I reworked my Study Statement, I gave some thought to whether I might use AI images generated by other people rather than making new ones myself. On the surface, that seemed like it might be a way to reduce my own direct entanglement with image-generation systems. It felt like a possible way of keeping…

  • Assessment feedback

    Assessment feedback

    I have reworked my study statement in response to three developments. First, I revisited it in light of the Unit 1 assessment feedback, which I found thoughtful and genuinely helpful. Later in this post, I outline the ways in which I have responded to that feedback. Second, the Interim Show has influenced how I now…

  • Competing Ontologies

    Competing Ontologies

    As I write my Study Statement, I am becoming increasingly aware of the need to set some boundaries on my research. Jonathan made the point yesterday that this is not a huge piece of writing, saying ‘you are artists’ and this was a helpful calibration. I am not trying to write a PhD; this is…