Project for Research Methods, a core class at OCAD U. The objective of the project was to create research publications centered on a selected theme. For your first publication, we were tasked to create an archive of images selected around our theme. Additionally, we had to come up with at least two approaches to sequence/classify those images. And the second publication was an annotated bibliography, a textual archive.
I chose Toronto as the main topic for these publications because I recently moved to the city and want to explore and learn about it.
Excerpt from the first publication's (book on the left in image 1) introduction "This book showcases an archive of images featuring Toronto's 'lost' buildings. These lost buildings have either been forgotten about or have undergone significant changes..."
And an excerpt from the second publication's (on the right in image 1) introduction "By examining the causes and consequences, the summaries aim to offer an understanding of gentrification's impact on the city's cultural and demographic fabric..."
image 1 — scans of the covers
