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, collective, and collaborative ways of working, where multiple voices contribute equally to the narrative of the research” (185) Sreedhevi Iyer shifts her turn to the philosophy of cosmopolitanism as per Kwame
-historical contexts that have shaped me as a writer. Making connections between one’s own experiences and the 2 world in which we live is essential to my teaching philosophy, which aims to increase awareness ... , movies you watch. What are the predominant religious beliefs in your family and community? What about political views? What is the socio-economic status of most people in your neighborhood? Your high
that craft is unavoidably political and possesses its own social history. What I am committed to as an instructor of Creative Writing, therefore, is a form of what many commentators have termed the ... them “address political or historical issues—both country-specific and global—as well issues of intercultural conflict,” something that is in part “due to the landscape many Asian writers must negotiate
... just to let the air in” (275). Censorship has often been a driving motive for intentional subtext in fiction, allowing writers to take up sexual and political subject matter that, if named directly ... preferences are announced on t-shirts, and political stands are being taken via face masks and lawn signs. Windows and front doors declare: Queer Pride, Black Lives Matter, Blue/All Lives Matter, Me Too, Wear a
produces twelve separate styles, twelve voices achieved and distinct” (216). The other valuable element of Delbanco’s teaching philosophy – a note that stems from his espousal of imitation – is his advocacy ... example of “why writing matters” than the political abuse of language and discourse that is currently infecting our daily lives, and no greater hope than that, through the effective teaching of writing, we
allow her to make the case for her “ungodly” selection of poetry in this chapter but ignores the reams of current philosophy and theology that, while they may not use the word “empathy,” meditate at ... of empathy. She takes great pains to nuance her discussion in the opening chapters, and then drains all nuance from a complex political debate about the nature of citizenship, identity, and nationality
painted word.” While examples of visual writing vary as much in technique as they do in political allegiance, most practitioners have shared the basic idea that by breaking the form of the page, the writer ... as examples of “auto-theory,” combining the subjective modes of autobiography with engagement in a history of philosophy. Many examples of auto-theory also employ text crots with generous spaces
support for respective educators. The findings from this research are pivotal for pedagogy and teaching philosophy in inclusion.
poetry events in the US and UK often involve participants commenting on local, national or international political talking points, while Creative Writing Barriers in Qatar 15 writers in states that do ... not function as democracies are likely to feel some reticence about publicly sharing political views and commentary. Participant 2 summed up this situation when they noted that everyone was conscious of
prevents us from seeing the full political potential inherent in the work of writing and the circulation of that writing. The conventional histories of creative writing portray the field as necessarily ... expressivists such as Kenneth Macrorie and Peter Elbow as “aggressively and self-consciously political,” particularly in their work in the early 70s (36). Moreover, assuming that self-expression is apolitical and
depicts their many-layered identities. Revered for its ability to articulate emotions through image and musical language, to read and write poetry is a deeply personal and political act. Fuse the poetic
the personal, and the personal in turn reiterates the political. “Our reading life, writing processes, ways our writing draws upon and transforms our experience and perhaps even our writing itself are ... and between places, events, social practices, ideas, historical actors, writers, artistic works, political arguments, and philosophical worldviews” (Mull 9). Why turn a transnational critical lens to
urges them to recognize the intimate bond between “the political and the aesthetic” (77). A Stranger’s Journey also includes for student writers of color “a manual for battle and survival” (53). How
describe finding out something for ourselves that others may know as a matter of course: for instance, I say I must research transportation options to my new job or research a political timeline for a new ... of understanding the world, philosophy and theory are not far behind. One of the great strengths of the book is the crystalline explanation of key terms like axiology, epistemology and other terms that
what this book could teach and share is in the reader’s hands, or rather in their willingness to engage in an active conversation. Considering the collaborative philosophy heavily promoted throughout the
craft, too, is political because, uninterrogated, it represents the values of those in power. This premise is well-documented: stroll through the ‘writing how-to’ section of a local bookstore or Google
with our students the political, social, and (more broadly) ethical implications of their work. Our goal, therefore, should be to teach writers the skills necessary not only to write pleasurable texts ... ideas about it, so we should expect that… (3) Barthes’s theory of pleasure is probably wrong, misleading, or (at the very least) incomplete. In the philosophy of science, there is an ugly but helpful
This paper is one of a series of papers examining inclusive education in the con-text of a rural Canadian school district that has adopted a philosophy of inclusion. The results of a survey of 438 ... , 2005) , and while this study demonstrates that the work being done by a school district that follows a philosophy of full inclusion can be viewed positively by the parent community, it also points to
Creative writing has experienced over ten years’ development from 2009 to 2020. More than one hundred Chinese universities represented by Shanghai University, Fudan University and Zhongshan University offer creative writing courses. Nowadays, there are tens of creative writing programs in China, and Shanghai University started the nation’s first doctoral program in 2015. The...
funding degree programmes which “produce graduates for whom there is no need in the job market”. This, of course, already applies to existing degrees —such as Philosophy, History, Italian Studies— but the
