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Decide whether you would like to work by yourself or in a group (no more than three) or as a class.
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Pick a topic that interests you.
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Think about your topic and come up with a juicy philosophical question.
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Develop a project around this question.
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Fill out and return the application form by 8 March 2019.
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Prepare your entry.
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You will show where your thinking came from through a Visual Thinking Display.
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You will show where your thinking brought you in a finished project (your project can be a film, essay, cartoon, podcast or whatever you like).
PROJECT: You can use whatever medium you wish (film, podcast, essay, short story, script, photography, cartoon, painting/drawing, sculpture, 3D installation…)
BRING YOUR VISIBLE THINKING DISPLAY AND YOUR PROJECT TO THE YOUNG PHILOSOPHER FESTIVAL.