Collaborative writing ‘betwixt and between’ sits jaggedly against traditional regimes of authorship
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Article Title | Collaborative writing ‘betwixt and between’ sits jaggedly against traditional regimes of authorship |
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ERA Journal ID | 35836 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Crimmins, Gail (Author), Black, Ali (Author), Jones, Janice K. (Author), Loch, Sarah (Author) and Impiccini, Julianne (Author) |
Journal Title | TEXT: Journal of Writing and Writing Courses |
Journal Citation | 22 (1) |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Australasian Association of Writing Programs |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1327-9556 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.52086/001c.25110 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.textjournal.com.au/april18/crimmins_et_al.htm |
Abstract | In the context of academic financialisation where writing is ‘repurposed’ as an outcome designed to maximise financial profit, and to resist the pressure to be ‘careless’ (Lynch 2010) ‘ideal functionaries’ (Pereira 2012), we – a group of five women academics – come together to share stories of our accrued wisdom about living in the afternoon of our lives. We also share our creative writing and theorising about collaborative writing processes in papers, chapters, and conference presentations. As we do so, we encounter a conflict between our practice of inter-personal collaboration and the traditions and pressures of academic authorship where we are expected to publish in a vertical hierarchy of (first author, We therefore reflect on the paradoxes and tensions involved in collaborative writing within the academy. In particular, we explore how co-operative practice congruent with the philosophical framework of new materialism sits jaggedly against an academic culture of individualism, surveillance, audit, and the pressure for academics to (be seen to) publish. We offer no conclusion or easy resolution, but like Socratic ‘gadflies’ we seek to trouble the structural impediments to collaborative writing in the academy. |
Keywords | collaborative writing, feminism, new materialism |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
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Byline Affiliations | University of the Sunshine Coast |
School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education | |
Independent Author, Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q4qqw/collaborative-writing-betwixt-and-between-sits-jaggedly-against-traditional-regimes-of-authorship
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