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Graduate Proposal ~ DRAFT

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✧ Grad Proposal Exercises ✧

Draft Pad

Exercise Draft #1

✧ Work out a PMOMM into a Graduate Proposal format ✧

✼ What do you want to make? ✼

An illustrated publication superstitions. More specifically, a look at the history and origin of a selection of superstitions and the function of superstition in a social context. Additionally, the publication could have a concluding chapter on fictitious superstitions of the future, considering the framework in which superstition emerge and speculating on which and how contemporary/current believes could evolve in the possible superstitions in the future.

✼ How do you plan to make it?✼

• Read-up on general academic knowledge on superstition

• Select 3-4 common or uncommon superstition (personal relation)

• Research on the origin and prevalence of these superstitions

• Draft/sketch to illustrate the believes revealing their origin

• Look at contemporary believes and see if they fit a potential "future superstition" frame work

• Write about + illustrate these speculative superstitions of tomorrow

✼ What is your timetable? ✼

*Medium fast track*

Researching:

• Preliminary research and selection: ~ 1-2 weeks

• Research into selected superstitions + draft/sketch: ~ 1-2 weeks

• Contemporary example research: ~ 1- 2 weeks

• Draft texts: ~ 2 weeks

Making:

• Illustrate: ~ 2-3 weeks

• Write about research: ~ 2-3 weeks

• Put together publication: ~ 1 week

Total: ~ 2-3 months

✼ Why do you want to make it?✼

What draws me to this project is my ongoing fascination for the social-cultural narratives and their implications that contain elements of superstition and/or supernatural belief. Knowing that many superstitions originated in contexts and for reasons that are largely forgotten today, yet the superstitions remain anchored in our collective consciousness (whether one believes in them or not).

Another prior interest of mine and motivating factor relates to conspiracy theories. Especially what I would regard as "gateway" conspiracies — Seemingly harmless conspiracy theories which can potentially make their believers more receptive to greater, more complex and more insidious conspiracy theories.

conspiracy theories are based on premises that, once internalized enough, stop being questioned, or enough, become

✼ Who can help you and how?✼

✼ Relation to previous practice✼

✼ Relation to a larger context✼

✼ References/bibliography✼

➸ Rapid prototypes

Exercise Draft #2

✧ Work out a PMOMM into a Graduate Proposal format ✧

✼ What is it? ✼

✼ Why make it? ✼

✼ Workflow ✼

✼ Timetable ✼

✼ Previous practice ✼

✼ Relation to a wider context ✼

✼ Personal Reader ✼

➸ Rapid prototypes

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