References: Caoduro, E. 2014. Photo filter apps: understanding analogue nostalgia in the new media ecology. Networking knowledge, 7(2): 67-82. Fickers, A. & van den Oever, A.M.A. 2022. Doing experimental media archaeology. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Niemeyer, K. 2016. Digital nostalgia. Media Development, 4: 27-30. Tishman, S. 2017. Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation. London: Routledge. 2. 3. Project outcomes thus far • An archive of 18 working cameras, donated books, printed photographic material, film negatives, film stock and devices that no longer work was established. • The archive was used in 2022 for teaching both the modules as planned, namely Photography Theory and Design Theory, to third-year Digital Media Design students. • Students were encouraged to consider their experiences in the Design Theory classes that followed, enabling them to make links between the practice and theory of photography in two separate modules (Photography Theory and Design Theory). • Students used the cameras to take photographs with film, which were scanned from negatives and submitted for marks. • Material from the archive was used in several tutorial classes; in effect employing experimental media archaeology in handling the objects and using them to stimulate critical discussion and writing on the topic of analogue nostalgia. • Student feedback was gathered in written form to assist lecturers reflecting on the project outcomes. • Findings from the pilot project will be presented at the Design Educators Forum of South Africa conference in September in Tshwane. Future outcomes • The archive is grown to accommodate our original goal of 60 cameras and remains overseen by the Design Studies and Multimedia Design Departments. • A student tutor is appointed to administer the maintenance and use of the archive. This was not within our allocated budget in 2022, but is becoming urgent as the need to catalogue, administer and oversee the archive grows. • The second iteration of the teaching project combining a theory and practical unit is taught in 2023, between Design Studies and Multimedia Design. In this iteration we are adjusting our approach taken in the pilot project, and instead are running two completely autonomous units concurrently that speak to each other across theory and practice. This is based on our observations of difficulties that arose and student feedback. • Possible FADA gallery collaboration, the gallery as a studio/laboratory for student experimentation and displaying the archive’s uses to faculty, students, and the public. • Evaluation by students and staff based on the 2022 iteration of the pilot project, to be presented at the DEFSA conference. Conclusions and lessons learnt will be incorporated into the archive in future. Teaching Innovation for the 21st Century | Showcasing UJ Teaching Innovation Projects 2022 72
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