Action Plan
Paper Outline+Day To Day Schedule+Grand Overview
Paper Outline
- Introduction: What is a trend or social movement?
- Examples of current trends, memes, etc
- My trends: minimalism, health, hygge
- New Media-how has it caused topics to be discussed more widely?
- discussion on twitter during live events (tv shows, the election, terrorist attacks)
- podcasts about _____
- social trends (memes, dances, lifestyle trends)
- How do we classify social movements?
- 4 categories of social movements
- What categories do mine fit in?
- Minimalism
- What is Minimalism?
- Environmental, Aesthetic, Philosophical
- History of Minimalism
- Current Minimalist “Leaders”
- The Minimalists, No Waste Home, Jenny Mustard
- How has it spread?
- Youtube, Websites, Podcasts
- What is Minimalism?
- Hygge
- What is Hygge?
- Little Book of Hygge
- Youtube, Blogs about Hygge
- Jenny Mustard, VisitDenmark.com, HelloHygge.com
- Implications of Hygge
- Desire for a more stable life in a very turbulent time
- Desire to return to a simple time in the face of an unknown future
- Has Social Media Helped or Hurt These Trends
- Minimalism+Hygge->got more people into them
- Yoga->more people are practicing, however it has strayed from its roots
- Is that necessarily a bad thing?
- The Future
- What’s to come with these trends?
- Will health remain a big trend? Esp as America is becoming increasingly unhealthy?
Where In The World Is Janey B Today?
Action Plan
Week One: April 3rd-7th
-Identify and schedule all interviews
-Identify all podcast topics and guests
-research paper: intro+yoga+hygge
-figure out podcast logistics
Week Two: April 10th-14th
-go to Minimalism Live tour
-podcast recording sessions
-interviews
Week Three: April 17th-21st
-editing podcast
-interviews
-research paper: minimalism
Week Four: April 24th-28th
-research paper: conclusion+future
-finetune paper
-finish any podcast editing
Week Five: May 1st-5th
-Final draft of paper
May 9th: Paper Due
May 22-26: Presentations