For our first ontograph we were asked to explore one thing or one idea, media related or not. This ontograph would serve as a practice so that as a class we can discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our understanding of what an ontograph is.
I chose the topic of health as I was feeling unwell that lesson and health was on my mind. I began by outlining the three main points that I though “health” meant. ‘Getting good results.’ , ‘Living a long happy life’, and ‘Being able to do the things you want to do’. From there I created a number of different lists e.g. people who take care of your health, foods, medicine, and technology used to monitor health. After a brief talk with my tutor I changed the main topic to ‘Bodies’ and began to focus on more specific things in relation to maintaining our bodies such as Antibiotics. Who discovered them, what are they made out of etc.

My Ontograph at the class presentation

My Ontograph received very mixed reviews. Some people really liked it while others rated in very poorly. This made it difficult for me to understand what it is I needed to improve on. One thing I was sure of was that I needed to focus on one specific thing rather than a general topic

Class feed back after presentation.

Other class members ontographs were differed to mine in style. They took more of the mind map approach which made it clearer to see connections between things. This is something that I will adopt for my next onotograph. 

Other class members Ontographs