Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

I. THE EXHIBITION
that objects do not speak for
Recognizing
how you represent them is essential
themselves,
this task. Creating a successful TOK exhibition
in
not only describing each object in its
includes
using generic objects or images that
Avoid
in for entire categories of things.
stand
you are exploring prompt 9 “Are
Suppose
types of knowledge less open to
some
than others?” and you wish
interpretation
discuss the interpretation of religious
to
Your exhibition will not benefit from a
texts.
image of bibles even if you have deep
stock
of biblical exegesis and can fully
knowledge
the magisterium of the Catholic
explain
or the Reformation principle of Sola
Church
Remember, the objects you present
Scriptura.
not obstacles to be overcome just so that
are
can move on to what you wanted to
you
to choose and contextualize objects that
Try
specific functions in the world,
perform
explain how this is the case. Consider,
and
example, the 2011 graphic novel Sita’s
for
context, but also connecting it to your
real-world
TOK prompt and justifying its inclusion
chosen
the exhibition. The better you contextualize
in
objects in a real-world setting, the more
your
will be your argument for why they
convincing
been included and how they respond to the
have
which retells the Hindu epic from
Ramayana,
perspective of the queen, repositioning
the
female character as the protagonist. This
the
interpretation is itself inspired by a
modern
of the Ramayana by the Bengali 16thcentury
retelling
poetess Chandrabati. Sita’s Ramayana
further entangled in questions about
is
the Ramayana can be considered a
whether
historical or religious text, and what
literary,
of these would mean about its openness
each
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I.2.3 Linking your objects to the prompt
Representation
prompt.
tointerpretation.
write.
Figure 12.4 The front cover of Sita’s Ramayana (2011)
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