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Taking The Drop: Surfing Memoirs, Blogging And Identity, Lynda Hawryluk
Taking The Drop: Surfing Memoirs, Blogging And Identity, Lynda Hawryluk
Dr Lynda Hawryluk
Surfing evokes images of sun-bronzed stoners with little more going on in their heads than the search for the next wave. Oceans of saltwater drown out any other thoughts. However, the number of memoirs and books describing surfing as a spiritual journey, using the surfing lifestyle as a metaphor for a greater search for meaning, belie these stereotypes. As a blogger, I've long struggled with the urge to reveal too much of my real identity online, preferring to hide behind Ambrose Pierce-like observations. A recent conversion to the surfing world has led me on a journey of a very different …
On Island Time: The Writing Workshop As Cultural Tourism, Lynda Hawryluk
On Island Time: The Writing Workshop As Cultural Tourism, Lynda Hawryluk
Dr Lynda Hawryluk
This paper provides an overview of writing workshops as cultural tourism, and theincreasing preference for them to be located on islands of all kinds. It will examine thegreat diversity of workshop experiences available; narrow the focus to those workshops based on islands and finally concentrate on one particular island-based writing experience. Seemingly ‘exotic’ locations and a unique form of islomania distinct to aspiring writers are used to promote island writing workshops to potential participants. This in turn attempts to account for the popularity and growth of this form of cultural tourism. Several key questions will be raised and discussed: what …