Critical collaborative communities : academic writing partnerships, groups, and retreats / edited by Nicola Simmons and Ann Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simmons, Nicola, editor.

Singh, Ann, editor.

Brill Academic Publishers.

Series:

Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching; volume17.

Critical Issues in the Future of Learning and Teaching; volume17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Academic writing.

Authorship--Collaboration.

Authorship.

Authorship--Social aspects.

Writers' retreats.

Writers' workshops.

Writing centers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 250 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : Brill | Sense, 2019.

Summary:

Writing comprises a significant proportion of academic staff members’ roles. While academics have been acculturated to the notion of ‘publish or perish,’ they often struggle to find the time to accomplish writing papers and tend to work alone. The result can be a sense of significant stress and isolation around the writing process. Writing partnerships, groups, and retreats help mitigate these challenges and provide significant positive writing experiences for their members. Critical Collaborative Communities describes diverse examples of partnerships from writing regularly with one or two colleagues to larger groups that meet for a single day, regular writing meetings, or a retreat over several days. While these approaches bring mutual support for members, each is not without its respective challenges. Each chapter outlines an approach to writing partnerships and interrogates its strengths and limitations as well as proposes recommendations for others hoping to implement the practice. Authors in this volume describe how they have built significant trusting relationships that have helped avoid isolation and have led to their self-authorship as academic writers.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Foreword / Pam Denicolo

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Nicola Simmons

Writing Partnerships

Cheaper Than Therapy / Karen Julien and Jacqueline L. Beres

“We’ll Do Whate’er We List” / M. Soledad Caballero and Aimee Knupsky

Collaboration at a Distance / Erik Blair and Georgette Briggs

Just Show Up / Janel Seeley, Tia Frahm and Elizabeth Lynch

Onsite Writing Retreats

Advancing the Writing of Academics / Jennifer Lock, Yvonne Kjorlien, M. Gregory Tweedie, Roswita Dressler, Sarah Elaine Eaton and Erin Spring

Faculty Writing Studio / Remica Bingham-Risher and Joyce Armstrong

Campus-Wide, Non-Residential, Five-Day Faculty Writing Retreat / Dannelle D. Stevens and Janelle Voegele

The Benefits of Writing Retreats Revisited / Geneviève Maheux-Pelletier, Heidi Marsh and Mandy Frake-Mistak

Offsite Writing Retreats

Something Wicked This Way Comes / Lisa Dickson, Shannon Murray and Jessica Riddell

Writing Wild / Cecile Badenhorst, Sarah Pickett and John Hoben

Creating and Sustaining a Community of Academic Writing Practice / Michelle K. McGinn, Snežana Ratković, Dragana Martinovic and Ruth McQuirter Scott

Writing about Writing / Kari-Lynn Winters, Natasha Wiebe and Mary Gene Saudelli

Collaborative Writing Groups

Writing within an Academic Microculture / Cheryl Jeffs, Carol Berenson, Patti Dyjur, Kimberley A. Grant, Frances Kalu, Natasha Kenny, Kiara Mikita, Robin Mueller and Lorelli Nowell

Supporting Writing Collaborations through Synchronous Technologies / Michelle J. Eady, Corinne Green, Ashley B. Akenson, Briony Supple, Marian McCarthy, James Cronin and Jacinta McKeon

Growing the Canadian SoTL Community through a Collaborative Writing Initiative / Elizabeth Marquis and Nicola Simmons

Collaborative Writing / Phillip Motley, Aysha Divan, Valerie Lopes, Lynn O. Ludwig, Kelly E. Matthews and Ana M. Tomljenovic-Berube

An International Interdisciplinary Writing Group / Barbara Kensington-Miller, Carolyn Oliver, Sue Morón-García, Karen Manarin, Earle Abrahamson, Nicola Simmons and Jessica Deshler

Creation, Critique, Consolidation / Nicola Simmons.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

90-04-41098-8

OCLC:

1111974192

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004410985 DOI