Final posters and rational - Ihi Wehi

Poster 1



Poster 2



Poster Wall



Rational.

My overall idea I decided to look at education and in particular how Maori students suffer from teachers favouring European students over them and how that affects their education and attitude to school.

My first poster is the red white and black poster with the kid writing. I had the white zig-zags to show the tukutuku panels (steps of learning) and having scribbles on the students head shows she is confused. Also the absence of a teacher shows how they aren’t there for them as much as they are for European students, this causing a negative attitude towards school and teachers.

My second poster is the poster of a man holding a clipboard calling the role. The headline is meant to show that the Maori student didn’t show up to school. This is to represent Maori students negative attitude towards school due to teachers favouring European students over them.

Week 6 - Ihi Wehi

Session 1.

Work and feedback.



Thomas Kendall poster ideas.

Printouts.




Fay liked the first one the best and suggested that I make the ticks and cross smaller. I Played with the placement of the subtext "subconcious bias..." and the call to action "Equal learning for all students" by switching the placement of the two. The first two posters are the results of that, and I decided that the first one was the better out of the two.

Tukutuku poster.


I flipped the image of the child the other way around and illustrated my own scribbles above the child's head to be more thicker. Also I fixed the kerning on the headline and lined up the secondary text with the headline. I got rid of the hand and the Maori patterns as was suggested in week 5.

Week 5 - Ihi Wehi

Session 1.

Presentation.

Poster 1.
Fay and Caroline suggested I get rid of the Maori patterns and the hand, saying that this was crowding the poster. They also suggested that I crop crop into the image so the tukutuku pannel is bigger.

Poster 2 my idea was to show a teacher marking the roll and the text to suggest that the Maori is absent, alluding to an effect teacher bias can have on Maori students learning and attitude towards it.


The second poster the tutors suggested that I get rid of the teacher and add more empty desks and get rid of the teacher. Also the font was too small and hard to read.

Peer feedback.

Feedback I received was that the text gave an understanding of the issue, but the first poster was thought to be about autism and the tukutuku panel took a while to identify. Poster 1 thought to be clustered, hard to read subtext. Colours in one of the posters not engaging.





Session 2.

Work and feedback.



Desk idea. Caroline suggested that i look at Thomas Kendall, a historic New Zealand missionary, who taught Maori children in the 1800's, these children however wanted to just sing and play so they stopped coming to class. http://www.listener.co.nz/current-affairs/historical/first-school-opened-new-zealand/



Thomas Kendal idea. I removed the desks and students and replaced it with an image of the missionary Thomas Kendall holding a clipboard calling the roll with the Maori name with a cross next to his name, suggesting that he is absent. Caroline suggested that If I wanted to use the image of Thomas Kendall, that i should use the whole image and not just a cut out of Thomas.

Week 4 - Ihi Wehi

Feedback.
Caroline suggested I look at Tukutuku panels, specifically the Poutama (stairway to heaven) as it reflects the growth of man, striving upwards. This was a good suggestion as the Poutama can represent the striving for education.
https://tukutuku-algebra-of-aotearoa.wikispaces.com/Poutama+(Stairway+to+Heaven)+Pattern


She also suggested I look at another way to show neglect instead of showing a student in a classroom and I thought to look at the ugly duckling as it seemed to be the perfect example of neglect and being an outcast.




Work.
This poster I used the Poutama Tukutuku pannel idea and put it together with an image of a struggling maori student at the bottom of the poster while a white european student is getting the teachers full attention. I had the Maori student at the bottom of the "stairway to heaven" as to allude to the idea that student is not doing well and needs help and attention. The feedback I got from this was to remove the teacher and white student because it was stating the obvious. The image of the student struggling by itself already alludes to the unconscious bias that teachers have. Also the question marks were also stating the obvious. This idea I was inspired by a Maori artist by the name of Johnson Witehira, in particular his work titled "The land of Tara" http://www.madebyjohnson.co.nz/index/#/the-land-of-tara/


This poster idea I did not like. I feel like the idea of replacing the classroom/student element with an ugly duckling idea didn't work and made the poster look like something different than the idea I want to portray.

Week 3 - Ihi Wehi

Posters.

This concept my idea was to have a bus filled with white students driving away and a picture of a maori tiki left behind to represent Maori students being left behind and neglected by their teachers compared to european white students.


This poster my idea was to have a happy university student on top and a sad construction worker on the bottom. This was to represent the likely outcomes of many white students vs Maori students. This idea however didn't line up with my education as many thought the poster was about work.


This poster concept I did about gender pay equality. It was very basic and i tried to show the pay gap with a cliff gap and having the mens side of the gap show dollar bills whereas the women's side of the gap only have coins.


This poster concept I wanted to show Maori's negative attitute towards school due to teacher bias agains them. I did this by having white names on lockers all pristine and tidy, and the Maori students locker all tagged up and name tag half ripped off.


Feedback.