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Dada Literature

What?

The original intention of Dadaism is to reject norms and standards. It is the display of the absurd in an attempt to spark a different perspective.

When?

Dadaism is an excellent tool for freeing up your mind, discovering interesting prompts and ideas. It's an excellent way to spark ideas and get inspired when you have a creative block.

How?



Define a topic that you're interested in.

Pick 2 or 3 different resources that are related to your topic. It could be a printed article, a magazine, an old book that you don't use anymore, or even printed slides from a course.'

Cut out individual words and short phrases from each resource.

Put the cut words into a bowl or a bag and shuffle them.

take a paper or a notebook and paste the words in a random way, but still in a way that makes sense

Let it dry.

Take some time to reflect on what comes out from it.

You can repeat this exercice as many times as desired

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Documentation

We didn't get to experience this tool yet, but it sounds very promising, and hopefully we will use it at some point!
Image and tool from http://blog.paperblanks.com/2012/04/dadaism-and-letting-go-of-artistic-control/

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Best practices

When using this tool, make sure to satisfy the checkboxes below. You can find more details about each box in the bottom.

The setting

Before to start working on the cultural probes, prepare the right setting. You are about to go through an exercice that will stimulate your brain in different ways! Are you ready for this? You need a space that is stimulating for your creativity and your focus. Ideally, a space that lets you move freely and provides the right tools for each step. Be sure to be in a calm and relaxed mindset. Put the scope of research and the topic of research in front of you.

The material

When ideating the probes, you need to ask, for each probe: what is the objective from this probe? For example the objective could be: getting to know the environment where the respondent does a specific activity, or getting to know at what time of the day the respondant is most likely to feel a certain way, or the most relevant object when it comes to a specific topic. Each probe should have an objective, an information we're trying to get a grip on, or a path to explore.