project irmak

irmak/index.html

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ consumerism and low attention span is a rising issue especially amongst
 young readers, this was an important task to tackle. The thought of Wink
 emerged to find a more sustainable and creative way of reading for
 elementary school children.</p>
+<p><img src="../irmak/improv.JPG"
+    alt="A tag made by a participant in the public moment at XPUB studio. Trying to understand different approaches to certain emotions/states for a bee" />
+    <img src="../irmak/leeszaal knot poems.jpg"
+    alt="From the event at Leeszaal West, experimenting with knots and poetry. How can we see movement in text?" />
+    <img src="../irmak/knotpoems2.jpg"
+    alt="From the event at Leeszaal West. Some of the results of knotting text." />
+</p>
 <p>Working as a children’s literature editor for years, I came to a
 realisation that picture books were turning into another object that
 kids read and consume on daily basis. At least this is what I observed
@@ -38,6 +45,11 @@ for children as there is for adults; such as ebooks, audiobooks etc. But
 moreover a “book” that can be redefined, reread or be interacted with.
 So I revisited an old story I wrote, translated to English and named it,
 “Bee Within”.</p>
+<p><img src="../irmak/printp3.jpg"
+    alt="Example page from the print version of the picture book." />
+    <img src="../irmak/printp4.jpg"
+    alt="Example page from the print version of the picture book." />
+</p>
 <p>Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences
 throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it
 multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences
@@ -47,13 +59,30 @@ to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle
 between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch
 upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the
 world.</p>
+<p><img src="../irmak/printp1.jpg"
+    alt="Example page from the print version of the picture book." />
+    <img src="../irmak/printp2.jpg"
+    alt="Example page from the print version of the picture book." />
+</p>
 <p>Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques,
 interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around
 reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story
 to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played
 and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children.
+</p>
+<p><img src="../irmak/twine.png"
+    alt="The twine map of text based story, reachable from Bee Within by clicking to hear more about Gray the tree." />
+    <img src="../irmak/clickgame.png"
+    alt="Click game story of the Queen Bee that is reachable within Maya's main storyline." />
+</p>
+<p>
 Here is some documentation from the beggining of this journey towards
 making accesible interactive narratives…</p>
+<p><img src="../irmak/animationseq.png"
+    alt="A small sequence of onclick animation for Bee Within." />
+    <img src="../irmak/fictionfriction.CR3"
+    alt="Fiction Friction cards from SI20, working on storytelling of collective traumas." />
+</p>
 </div>
 </body>
 </html>

irmak/index.md

@@ -8,12 +8,23 @@ author: Irmak
 
 ### A Prototype for Interactive Children's Literature
 
-Wink is a prototype for an interactive picture book platform. This platform aims
-to make reading into a mindfull and thought provoking process by using interactive and playful elements, multiple stories within one narrative and sound elements. Especially today where consumerism and low attention span is a rising issue especially amongst young readers, this was an important task to tackle. The thought of Wink emerged to find a more sustainable and creative way of reading for elementary school children.
-
+Wink is a prototype for an interactive picture book platform. This platform aims to make reading into a mindfull and thought provoking process by using interactive and playful elements, multiple stories within one narrative and sound elements. Especially today where consumerism and low attention span is a rising issue especially amongst young readers, this was an important task to tackle. The thought of Wink emerged to find a more sustainable and creative way of reading for elementary school children.
+!["a tag made by a participant in the public moment at XPUB studio. Trying to understand different approaches to certain emotions/states for a bee"](../irmak/'improvJPG'.jpg) 
+!["From the event at Leeszaal West, experimenting with knots and poetry. How can we see movement in text?"](../irmak/leeszaalknotpoems.jpg) 
+!["From the event at Leeszaal West. Some of the results of knotting text"](../irmak/knotpoems2.jpg)
 Working as a children's literature editor for years, I came to a realisation that picture books were turning into another object that kids read and consume on daily basis. At least this is what I observed in Turkey. Teachers and parents were finding it difficult to find new books constantly or were tired of rereading the same book. As a young person in the publishing sector, I believe there should be more options for children as there is for adults; such as ebooks, audiobooks etc. But moreover a "book" that can be redefined, reread or be interacted with. So I revisited an old story I wrote, translated to English and named it, "Bee Within". 
+!["Example page from the print version of the picture book."](../irmak/print3.jpg) 
+!["Example page from the print version of the picture book."](../irmak/print4.jpg) 
 
-Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences of loss. In the end, I believe the story turned out to be an ode to remembering or might I say an ode to not being able to forget or an ode to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the world.  
+Bee Within, is a story about grief and it is based on my experiences throughout the years. I erased it, rewrote it, edited it, destroyed it multiple times over the past years, simultaneously with new experiences of loss. In the end, I believe the story turned out to be an ode to remembering or might I say an ode to not being able to forget or an ode to the fear of forgetting which I now think is a great and sweet battle between death and life. I think it is an important subject to touch upon, especially for children dealing with trauma in many parts of the world. 
+!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/print1.jpg) 
+!["example page from the picture book"](../irmak/print2.jpg) 
     
-Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques, interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children. Here is some documentation from the beggining of this journey towards making accesible interactive narratives... 
-        
+Over the past two years, experimenting with storytelling techniques, interactivity options and workshops with children and adults, around reading and doing various exercises on Bee Within, I improved the story to be a more playful and interactive one which can be re-read, re-played and eventually re-formed non digitally to be reachable for all children. 
+
+!["The twine map of text based story, reachable from Bee Within by clicking to hear more about Gray the tree."](../irmak/twine.png)
+!["Click game story of the Queen Bee that is reachable within Maya's main storyline."](clickgame.png)
+
+Here is some more documentation from the beggining of this journey towards making accesible interactive narratives... 
+!["A small sequence of onclick animation for Bee Within"](../irmak/animationseq.png) 
+!["Fiction Friction cards from SI20, working on storytelling of collective traumas"](../irmak/fictionfriction.CR3) 

irmak/thesis.html

@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
     </nav>
 <div id="content"><h1 id="fair-leads">Fair Leads</h1>
 <h3
-id="fair-leads-or-fair-winds-is-a-saying-sailors-and-knotters-use-to-greet-each-other.-it-comes-from-the-working-end-of-a-string-that-will-soon-be-forming-a-knot.">Fair
-leads or Fair winds is a saying sailors and knotters use to greet each
+id="fair-leads-or-fair-winds-is-a-saying-sailors-and-knotters-use-to-greet-each-other.-it-comes-from-the-working-end-of-a-string-that-will-soon-be-forming-a-knot.">
+Fair leads or Fair winds is a saying sailors and knotters use to greet each
 other. It comes from the working end of a string that will soon be
 forming a knot.</h3>
 <p>I would like to clarify and introduce some terms for you in order to
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ on how interactive picture books can be used to foster curiosity for
 reading and creativity for children. I am building a web platform called
 Wink that aims to contain a children’s story I wrote and am making into
 an interactive experience, in relation to my research.</p>
+<img src="../irmak/unnamed.png"/>
 <p>Through this bight of the thesis, I feel the necessity to clarify my
 intention of using knots as a “thinking and writing object” throughout
 my research journey. Although knots are physical objects and technically
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ invention of flying -which required a wing that was supported using
 certain types of knotswas initiated with the knowledge of how to use
 strings to make things, why wouldn’t a research paper make use of this
 wonderful art as an inspiration for writing and interactive reading?</p>
-<h2 id="knots-as-objects-to-think-with">KNOTS AS OBJECTS TO THINK
-WITH</h2>
+<h2 id="knots-as-objects-to-think-with">KNOTS AS OBJECTS TO THINK WITH</h2>
 <p>There is a delicate complexity of thinking of and with knots, which
 ignites layers of simultaneous connections to one’s specific experience;
 where one person may associate the knots with struggles they face,
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ when they think of knots. There were some words in common like strong,
 chaotic, confusing and anxious. On the other hand, there were variations
 of connection, binding, bridge and support. Keeping these answers in
 mind or by coming up with your words on knots and embodying them in the
-practice of reading would make a diff erence in how you understand the
+practice of reading would make a difference in how you understand the
 same text.</p>
+<img src="../irmak/knot1.jpeg"/>
+<img src="../irmak/knot2.jpeg"/>
 <p>Seeing how these words, interpretations of a physical object were so
-diff erent to each other was transcendental. In this thesis, I am
+different to each other was transcendental. In this thesis, I am
 excited to share my understanding of knots with you. My three words for
 knots are resistance, imagination and infinity. Keeping these in mind, I
 experimented with certain reading modes as you will see later on.</p>
@@ -159,12 +161,16 @@ ownexperiences/motivations. Hitches which are knots that are formed
 around a solid object, such as a spar, post, or ring will be
 representing the evidence or data I have collected on the subject. We
 move on now with the working end and make some loops!</p>
+<h2 id="how-to-choose-your-string">HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR STRING?</h2>
 <p>This map will reveal your mode of reading. The order of reading will
 be indicated with a loop sign Please hold a string in your hand as you
 read the text and make knots or loops as you weave through the reading
 as an exercise for concrete thinking. See you at the standing end! and a
 number on top of the sign with a color. This is the numeric order you
-can follow to read the thesis.</p>
+should follow to read the thesis, if you choose to read with a mode.
+Every reader starts from 1 and continues until 12, with a consecutive numeric
+order, according to their color/mode.</p>
+<img src="../irmak/map.png"/>
 <h2 id="working-end">Working End</h2>
 <h3 id="why-am-i-doing-this">Why am I doing this?</h3>
 <p>My desire to write a children’s book about grief and memory ignited