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Remapping the Shipping Forecast

FitzRoy, Spain 44%, France 16%, Portugal 5%, UK 1%, Ireland 1%, International 1%.

Analysis

The Shipping Forecast is a catalogue of reports that share the same basic structure. The main difference between them is the time period each one represents. The narrator also changes. Isolated itens are useful for people navigating the waters around the British Isles. Grouped reports can be used by meteorologists. The audience also includes the general public, as the Shipping Forecast has its place in British culture.

The latest report can also be accessed on Met Office’s website alongside a map showing the locations of the different sea areas and whether or not there are gale warnings, shown in red.

Recataloguing Uncorporate Identity

Separating Metahaven and Vishmidt’s (2010) “intro riff” text into different topics and creating a diagram-view helped me understand the content by making its structure apparent. The way I mapped the text, with extra space between its fragments in each subject, and the end of one excerpt aligned with the beggining of the following in the next column, creates two possible reading orders. A linear one in relation to the original text is achieved by switching from column to column, and the other option is to read one entire subject column at a time before proceeding to another topic, a linear alterative in relation to the map itself. The first reading method is closer to the traditional way, the one intended by the editors, and the second one is useful for diving more deeply into one of the topics.

Written response for methods of investigating

Methods of investigating (or reading)

For our first brief, I investigated the basketball courts at Millfields Park. At first, I experimented with photographing/filming, collecting, notetaking and sketching.

Photos and videos evoked different feelings depending on framing, angle, distance, and exposure. They were easy to register, so I produced many images and had time to reflect on them. It was also practical to revisit the material and find out new information later.

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