5/14 Brainstorming Activity: Clustering

For this activity, I chose clustering over cubing. This was because I initially didn't know what topics I wanted to do my genre translation project on, which made it hard to complete the cubing exercise successfully.

I started clustering by first looking at the possible ideas I wanted to explore further. The first topic I came up with was bioluminescence in deep sea fish. Since I enjoy biology and science in general, I thought that this would be a good possible topic. I then found a scholarly article discussing the causes and effects of the bioluminescence, which I categorized as the biological components and the effects on the ocean's ecosystem. The second topic I thought of was the effects that music can have on the brain. Once again, I searched for a scholarly article and found one that discussed the various effects that music can have, along with the potentials of music therapy.

The next step I took was thinking of the possible types of genres I could translate the article into. For those, I came up with either a children's book, a blog post (think in the style of Buzzfeed or other mainstream websites), or a PSA. I then connected which topic would fit which genre translation the best, which was bioluminescence + children's book, or music + blog post or PSA.

I enjoyed doing it this way because it really made me think which would have the best outcome on my project. In the end, I decided on doing the combination of bioluminescence in deep sea fish and the children's book, because I felt as if I would be able to implement more creativity into the project.