Building Community by Loughlan Sofield
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 the 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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780877936480 |
| ISBN 10 | 087793648X |
| Title | Building Community |
| Author | Loughlan Sofield |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ave Maria Press |
| Year published | 1998-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 190 |
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