Mortal Method PDF

This PDF provides an introduction and guide to the Mortal Method framework. This framework examines what it means to a) be mortal and b) to do academic work that acknowledges and honours our mortality. The PDF highlights five qualities of mortality: finitude, embodiment, eros, connection, and meaning-making. We begin by offering rich descriptions of each quality. These descriptions are informed by scholars in multiple disciplines, artists, thinkers outside of the academy, and other wise humans whose words inspire and move us.

We invite readers to engage with the five qualities of mortality through excerpts of texts, reflective exercises, and contemplation. We provide examples of how we (Julia, Albert, Mathura – the Mortality Collective) have applied these qualities in our work and offer guiding prompts so that readers can consider how they might apply them in their own work lives.