I really liked the introduction to primary sources.
I think defining the aforementioned using common examples was helpful.
The distinction between humanities’ and sciences’ resources was also intriguing.
The mention of government records, etc. as sources was helpful but I would have liked a contextual and example-oriented slightly more.
Recap
Modes: Linguistic, Oral, Visual, Aural, Gestural, Spatial.
Group Activity (Discussing Plan)
Giving background (15-20s), introduction: Idea (10-15s): Identifying Challenges (2-3 with remedial measures) (55 s): Conclusion (10-20s). Using examples, images, effects.
I liked examples given by Dr. A about being creative and thought about trying out a news channel format for my video.
Research
The discussion on scope and narrowing down topics was very nice.
For the initial video, I was planning to do a Q and A type recording with Questions appearing in one frame and the answers being stated by me. I will start with a brief introduction of myself and go on to identifying my topic (could be related to rectifying antennae and the scope of wireless power transfer) and the mode (Written/ electronic) I will be working with. I will allocate a majority of my time explaining a challenge related to the aforementioned mode. As instructed, I will try to incorporate personal experience in all my work. I am still deciding the concluding question and wil decide one such that all questions follow a logical sequence.
Group: Aditya (Me), Abdurahman, Joey
Fact (noun): A piece of knowledge or information, representative of truth, and verifiable by a formal proof, based on axiomatic logic, and not necessarily by observations. This definition in itself is paradoxical given the assumption that axioms are equivalent to facts.
MY OPINION: There was a discussion about consensus being important for something to be a fact. However, I believe this was not really true because logic sometimes could be fallacious and unfounded. For example, before the heliocentric theory, everyone believed the Earth was the center of the universe. Therefore, I believe that there is a distinction between belief, observations and facts. Therefore, the above definition is in a way, a philosophical ‘conjecture’. There was a debate on the involvement of intuition and perspectives also. We were also unable to define or discuss the definion of forming modalities given the lengthy discussion on facts.