Re-imagining the Writing Workshop: The Creation of Multilingual, Collaborative Poetry

Kobus Moolman; Nondwe Mpuma; Lisa Julie

doi:10.14426/mm.v6i1.136

Re-imagining the Writing Workshop: The Creation of Multilingual, Collaborative Poetry

Multilingual Margins A journal of multilingualism from the periphery ◽

10.14426/mm.v6i1.136 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 15-35

Author(s):

Kobus Moolman ◽

Nondwe Mpuma ◽

Lisa Julie

Keyword(s):

Writing Workshop ◽

The Creation

The following contributions describe the process of the writing workshop and the concrete writing and editing of a jointly produced multilingual poem.

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Déchiffrer sa vie et l’écrire

Voix Plurielles ◽

10.26522/vp.v11i1.916 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 40-45

Author(s):

Colette Nys-Mazure

Keyword(s):

Writing Workshop ◽

Collective Work ◽

The Creation ◽

To Come ◽

Premiere Partie

La littérature est un texte, un tissu de relations de soi à soi, de soi aux autres, d’innombrables autres passés et à venir, par le biais du langage. Cet outil premier semble appartenir à tous, mais en réalité il n’est pas à la portée de chacun. Il serait donc intéressant de relater l’expérience angevine que je viens de vivre avec Lire~Ecrire~Compter (LEC), une association pour la promotion des savoirs, l’insertion sociale et professionnelle, créée en 1986, qui lutte contre l’illettrisme. L’une de ses approches originales, la “lecture-plaisir”, consiste à proposer à des volontaires de participer à la création d’un livre. Depuis 2004, l’association permet à ses “apprenants” de rencontrer un écrivain reconnu afin de participer à des ateliers d’écriture. Le fruit de leur travail commun est retranscrit dans la première partie de l’ouvrage publié ; la seconde nait de la libre créativité de l’auteur. Deciphering one’s life and writing it Literature is a text, a fabric of relations between oneself and oneself, between oneself and others – countless past and to come –, by the means of language. This tool is supposed to belong to all, but is in fact not accessible to everybody. In this respect, an experience I just went through in Angers (France) is highly interesting. Lire-Écrire-Compter (Read-Write-Count), an association for the promotion of knowledge, social and professional inclusion, and against illiteracy since 1986, proposes to its students to take part in the creation of a book. Since 2004, this program called “Reading-pleasure” offers students the opportunity of a “writing workshop” with a renowned writer. The first part of the published book presents this collective work; the second part originates from the author’s own creativity.

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Writing as a Tool for Transformation

Canadian Review of Art Education Research and Issues / Revue canadienne de recherches et enjeux en éducation artistique ◽

10.26443/crae.v42i2.3 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

pp. 41

Author(s):

Jesse Stong

Keyword(s):

Social Worker ◽

Writing Workshop ◽

Life Writing ◽

Professional Lives ◽

Art Making ◽

Art Educator ◽

The Creation ◽

Writing Activity

The author (Social Worker, Art Educator, Theatre Artist) discusses the creation and evolution of the Identity Writing workshop; a life writing exercise that helps students, artists, and teachers integrate their personal/political experiences of change into meaningful and authentic artistic expressions. Reflections stemming from the junctions between the author’s personal and professional lives provide compelling insights into moments of transformation through art-making. A simple writing activity is included for new, emerging, or established artists and creative teachers.

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The role of affect in feelings of obligation

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002449 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Stefen Beeler-Duden ◽

Meltem Yucel ◽

Amrisha Vaish

Keyword(s):

Positive Emotions ◽

The Creation ◽

Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans’ sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

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