PhD / Storyboarding as a research tool

How can I sketch and draw my own research storyboard? 
Excellent researchers are specialised in knowing every detail in one specific field. Brilliant researchers may even create stories out of their research and are able to tell them to an interested audience. 
Although science communication is of greatest importance for the career of the young scientists and the whole society, it is not always so easy to convey the content in a exciting way and that’s why it’s not always a success. The importance and significance of science communication has to be in focus of the researchers and the education of young researchers. Every scientist should be able to convey his or her research anyway. 
The full design process from sketching your own research layout to creating a story out of it will be covered. 
The hands on storyboarding workshop starts with pencil and paper, drafting ideas to wrap up the things in a compelling story to be told in the media, in a film or a presentation. 

Participants:

• learn to draw a line to sketch a storyboard
• learn the how and why of the architecture of stories
• learn the whys of images and how to use them to achieve best results
• learn how perception works.

In this hands on course you will learn to sketch for communication and implement the know-how in your own scientific project.

Tanja Hess, Prof. Dipl. Gestaltung und Kunst HGKZ, HTW Chur

Early career researchers of all disciplines who would like to tell, visualise and successfully communicate their own research in a storyboard.

1 ECTS (has to be recognized by your faculty)

Conditions of participation:

• A no-show will lead to a blocked account and the cancellation of all other booked GRC courses.   
• You may only register for two courses per semester.

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