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conversations: task for May 6 (preparation for May 13)

Before next week, write one page (max 400–500 words total) structured as follows:

1. My current thesis (5–6 lines only)

Describe your thesis as you currently understand it. No improvement. No refinement. Just the working version in your head.

2. The weakest point

Answer honestly: Where does my project stop being convincing — even to me? This is not about “problems in general,” but a specific pressure point, for example:

I don’t actually know if I can access the sources I assume exist
I am relying on categories I haven’t questioned (e.g. “community,” “literature,” “Islam,” “migration”)
my method doesn’t actually match my material
I am assuming a stability in my object that might not exist
I cannot clearly say what counts as data

Be concrete. One main weakness only.

3. What I am secretly avoiding

One short paragraph: What part of this project do I keep postponing thinking about?

This can be:

methodological difficulty
political discomfort
lack of material
fear of narrowing down
uncertainty about relevance
dependence on ideal sources that may not exist

No moral framing. Just description.

4. One fragment of evidence (very important)

Bring ONE concrete thing from your project world:

a paragraph from a text
a quote an interview fragment
a source title a media example
a case detail

And answer in 2–3 sentences only: Why is this here at all in my project?

Not interpretation. Just positioning.

Victoria Mummelthei
Victoria Mummelthei

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OpenEdition schlägt Ihnen vor, diesen Beitrag wie folgt zu zitieren:
Victoria Mummelthei (4. Mai 2026). conversations: task for May 6 (preparation for May 13). Keine Disziplin – No Discipline. Abgerufen am 13. Juni 2026 von https://doi.org/10.58079/1666g


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