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Writing Of, Writing In An Introduction, An Invitation, Michael Rozendal
Writing Of, Writing In An Introduction, An Invitation, Michael Rozendal
Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
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On Writing In This Moment, Susan Steinberg
On Writing In This Moment, Susan Steinberg
Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
In On Writing in this Moment, Susan Steinberg, novelist and professor from the Department of English, offers both provocation and perspective, celebrating those who are deep in a project, who have deadlines to be writing toward as this can be an opportunity to focus on something besides our overwhelming moment of COVID-19 and chaos. But she also opens the door to not writing, to allowing experience to stand without demanding a retelling right now.
A Reflection On Writing In The Time Of Covid-19, Lara Bazelon
A Reflection On Writing In The Time Of Covid-19, Lara Bazelon
Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
In her piece, A Reflection on Writing in the Time of COVID, Lara Bazelon, Phillip and Muriel C. Barnett Chair in Trail Advocacy in the School of Law, draws inspiration from working mothers who she is interviewing, “mothers with dreams and a determination to seek excellence.” Even in this moment with no “home office” besides the kitchen table, no school for children besides home school, it is not the personal words per day, but the core subjects that fuel commitment, the interpersonal that sustains engagement.
Coronavirus Notes: Stitching A New Garment, Rick Ayers
Coronavirus Notes: Stitching A New Garment, Rick Ayers
Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
Writer and professor Rick Ayers, from the Teacher Education Department, invites us to embrace contingent and incomplete writing, to “write into the contradiction”, into what we don’t know rather than waiting for certainty. In his piece, Coronavirus Notes: Stitching a New Garment, he discusses how he uses writing to figure things out, to perhaps build from the rupture that we are living toward our hopes to live differently.
Art As An Act Of Social Justice: Introduction To Art, Music, Poetry, In The Time Of Social Distance, Christine J. Yeh
Art As An Act Of Social Justice: Introduction To Art, Music, Poetry, In The Time Of Social Distance, Christine J. Yeh
Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
In this special issue in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship Art, Music, Poetry, in the Time of Social Distance, five contributors write about the impact of injustice and COVID-19 on their creative works and emergent challenges facing artists, composers, and writers. Providing a cultural and socio-political lens, the essays include images of video, poetry, and art to explore and expose our day to day lived experiences of the pandemic—from notions of isolation, normalcy, community, and distance to the larger impacts this has had on historically targeted groups.
The Sanctuary City Project, Sergio De La Torre
The Sanctuary City Project, Sergio De La Torre
Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
Artist, curator, and professor Sergio De La Torre discusses his work with The Sanctuary City Project, which is an ongoing community-based participatory project that develops deeper conversations and awareness about immigration issues often times transforming oral history into visual representations.