This morning Oliver Schurer began the Technic and Civilisation session by telling us what he wanted from us as students. He began to explain how the theory department would review us and how we should approach our work. His approach is very different to what I have been used to, but to be honest I believe is better. He believes that we should not be limited by word counts, layouts and formatting as this in his opinion only hinders and restricts student’s development. The theory department want to read and fully understand our work and findings; and how we present it should be in the format that we feel most comfortable with to put our points across. The aim for us is to research, discuss and then focus on a key topic within our studies. He also gave us the option to blog our research and evolving hypotheses. He encouraged us to share our knowledge and sources as most students are very protective of their findings and unwilling to share information. From his perspective learning is the most important thing; not just learning from the tutor or from our own findings but from our fellow students, this way we learn not from a few people but as a group. The atmosphere he creates is open and friendly, there is no tension or worry about saying the wrong or right things. The mature approach and feeling that everybody is equal is something which is difficult to achieve and so far in the TU I have finally seen this and how beneficial it can be. He really makes our sessions a pleasurable learning experience, for that I am very grateful and I know in these conditions I will do my best to perform as well as I can.
After the lecture I decided to visit the Museums Quartier area to have a look at the surrounding buildings and grounds. My eye was drawn to the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History
The Naturhistorisches Museum
Statue of Maria Theresia with her Generals, Nobles and Advisors
My A5 sketch of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Entrance
