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    Think about images you have seen on postcards for sale, for example in a museum or gallery, or at a popular tourist destination. What stories do these postcards tell about people and place? How might the writing on the back echo, challenge or subvert that story?

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    Think about a postcard that you have bought, kept, sent or received. How does the image, or the words written on it, make you feel? What memories does the postcard evoke?

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    If you were to put your postcard into an archive, or to display it on a museum wall, what would you write on its label? How might other people react, or analyse your postcard in these spaces?

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    If you have never bought, kept, sent or received a postcard, what other image + word mediums – social media, letters, phone texts – have you used to send or receive messages? Do any stick out in your mind? What memories does they evoke? How do you think these mediums differ from postcards?

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    Think about the different ways in which you communicate with other people, locally and globally, in different contexts. How does the medium – phone call, text message, letter, email, postcard, Instagram Story, Tweet, etc. – shape the message? How does it impact your tone, your use of language, or the way you feel?

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    Think about what you can say with images that you cannot say in words – and vice-versa. How might your postcard echo, or perhaps challenge dominant ideas about your research topic?

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    What contextualising information will you include to guide how the recipient makes sense of your postcard? How do you think they will receive your message?

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