After the great sessions with Peter and Sam this week, I've been thinking a lot about writing and the roles it plays, creatively - being part of artistic process, academicially - a way of articulating experiences through reflection, and wondering about other relationships that people have with writing.
I wanted to share this TEDtalk from Writer, Sakinah Hofler, sharing her experiences of Creative Writing as Bearing Witness to experience.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sakinah_hofler_how_to_use_creative_writing_to_bear_witness
What are your thoughts?
this was a very interesting watch. I personally have a journal that i write in everyday about what happened during my day. I have been doing this since the pandemic started in march 2020. so i personally related to writing down what you witness. Only once i watched this talk i realised that creating writing can be anything. this has opened my mind to how i write my essay's for this course. Since starting M3, any idea or question that comes to mind i write it down no matter what. then i'll go back to it and add some things or write more questions that i am discovering. This has helped with my underconfidence with writing academically and eased my anxiety when i have many overwhelming thoughts about my enquiry question. Thank you for sharing this video. Chloe
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ReplyDeleteI found the call last week on Writing very informative and interesting. I would definitely like to incorporate Free Writing into my study to elaborate my inquiry ideas and research.
I have blogged my notes and thoughts from the call:
https://ellieowen28.blogspot.com/2021/10/academic-writing-group-call.html
What a powerful video. It was interesting to hear her talk about similar techniques that Peter and Sam have mentioned (ie. writing things down quickly as a way to begin writing). I could relate to this as someone who has collected data too. We are all storytellers, and I have really enjoyed interviewing people who were so willing and open to share their stories. Thank you for sharing :)
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