Intervention Proposal How inclusive is writing? Writing isn’t for everybody. However most undergraduate and postgraduate Creative Arts degrees include a Contextual Studies (theoretical) module where students are required to write a series of essays culminating into a final larger formal essay (thesis / dissertation). Not being able to produce this final piece of academic writing… Continue reading Intervention proposal: A is for Alternative not Academic
Month: May 2024
IP Blog 2 – *Space Invaders
Blood rushed to our heads as we stood on our hands, feet against the wall, trying not to giggle or choke. We fought to see who could hold a handstand the longest, as we struggled to keep our shirts and skirts from falling. Glinting in the sunshine our gold cross necklaces dangled in front of… Continue reading IP Blog 2 – *Space Invaders
IP Blog 1 – ‘There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives’
Audre Lorde – writer, activist, poet, mother, warrior, lesbian, black, woman, feminist, socialist, teacher, librarianLearning from the 1960s, talk delivered at the Malcom X Weekend, Harvard University in 1982. I teach contextual studies at a university located just outside London and recently, the lifts in the building were out of action. Announcements were made to… Continue reading IP Blog 1 – ‘There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives’