Creative Writing: A Damaging Narrative

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Cantrell, Kate. 2021. "Creative Writing: A Damaging Narrative." Times Higher Education (THE). 27 May 2021, pp. 2-3.
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Creative Writing: A Damaging Narrative

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AuthorCantrell, Kate
Publication TitleTimes Higher Education (THE)
Journal Citation27 May 2021, pp. 2-3
Number of Pages2
Year2021
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
Web Address (URL)https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/interdisciplinary-questions-academys-most-misunderstood-fields
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Before Covid, I took my creative writing class to the zoo to practise writing about animals. When a colleague of mine – a lecturer in economics – found out about the trip, she emailed to say she was envious. 'I wish I could do that in my class!' she said. 'You know, muck around every day, go on excursions. You don’t know how lucky you are! I’m teaching deadweight loss and Harberger’s triangle, and you’re writing about wombats!' Her flattery was punctuated with a suspicious number of exclamation marks. Thanks to my training in textual analysis, I could read between the lines. Creative writing is fun, easy, light. Economics is serious, difficult, important.

Keywordscreative writing; creative arts; higher education; academia; misconceptions
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020360203. Professional writing and journalism practice
360201. Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)
390303. Higher education
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