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MAKE Your Manifesto

If your RESEARCH were a SUPERHERO, what kind of superhero would it be?

Instructions
 
  1. Select an original research text to cut-up. It can be something you wrote, or a text that has inspired you. Writing from any academic discipline, from any year, and at any stage of publication (even first drafts!) are welcome. Make sure you have the complete text in front of you so you can quote it verbatim.
  2. Answer the superhero themed questions below to describe the kind of superhero you imagine this research would be. You can only answer these questions by “quoting” the original academic text. Use only words and phrases exactly as they appear in the original research. No new words, no substitutions, no ellipses “…”, no changing verb tense, etc. You already have everything you need, exactly as it appears in the original text!
  3. Submit and preview your manifesto. If you choose to submit your name and email address, you can make changes now, or later.

Tips
 
  1. Focus on creating a complete, consistent superhero profile, NOT preserving the original meaning of your research text. Don’t think about making a perfect translation of the original text. Just try to make a compelling character for PlaceStormers to embody. Concentrate on giving them a clear, inspiring script to follow when they perform your manifesto in public.
  2. The PlaceStormers who find your manifesto may not be academics—or if they are, they may not be from your field. So pick words and phrases that you think will be meaningful to all readers, or that you trust they will be able to define creatively and interpret in new ways.
  3. Have fun. Let your work surprise you.
  4. See a sample manifesto with more hints for creating your own.
*REMEMBER: You can only use direct quotes from the article you are PlaceStorming to answer all of these questions!
1 What is the name of your roving band of Superheroes?*
2 What is your Superheroes' home turf (the locations they would be likely to intervene)?
3 What are their Superpowers?
4 What is their Mission?
5 What is their Modus Operandi? (This is how they accomplish their Mission.)
6 What is their Call to Action? (This is what they yell before staging an intervention.)
7 What is the name of their Supertool?
8 What do they do with it? (Use ACTION verbs!)
9 This new breed of superhero was imagined by: (leave blank to submit anonymously)
10 Do you want to be contacted when others Geocache or PlaceStorm this manifesto? If so, enter your email address. We won’t share it or print it on your manifesto.
11 What is your superhero secret identity? (That's PlaceStormer speak for your middle name)
12 This new breed of Superhero was inspired by the research of
13 And the original text
14 For more information (email, web site, citation, e.g.)
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