"Publiqueshions" (Published questions)

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This is a method suggesting making a private concern public, by formulating it as a list of questions. It may be applied by one or more people at an advanced stage of a process leading to publishing.


Start by gathering the questions, these may be questions relating to issues that were either at the origin of or encountered throughout a research process. The questions may be carriers of disconcerting situations, unresolved affairs, controversial matters or sensitive issues needing to be handled and shared with care. If the list needs to be edited, it may be useful to think of a narrative. Which questions may represent "access points", and therefore placed at the start of the list?


This method may be helpful in situations where a process is aimed at being published rather than a "set" outcome. Questions are used as a format to invite a potential audience to think along with those who "make things public", and through their interrogative nature, they demand their listener to position themselves. A list of questions may be shared with an audience prior to a text or in order to introduce a publication, a presentation, etc. After the list is published, do not expect immediate answers—let the questions simmer. Let them become new meeting points for discussions.