Hi Mary-Jane and Anne,
Many thanks for drawing attention to what is an inherent feature of academic writing, not just in science - I look forward to following up the references you have shared so far.
Although I still haven't read his book, you may find Prof Stephen Heard's blogs of interest (he is also author of http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10769.html).
The following blog post, specifically, addresses story-telling in academic scientific writing:
https://scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/my-plodding-journey-to-better-writing-guest-post/
Hopefully, this can be a fruitful addition to Anne's search for evidence of story-telling in academic writing - I would be keen to receive any further follow-ups to this thread, also off-list, depending on how interested others are, so please feel free to include me in subsequent conversations.
All the best,
Julia
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From: European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing - discussions [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Curry, MJ
Sent: 29 August 2017 15:39
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Subject: Re: Story-telling in academic writing
Hi Anne,
As the references you cite probably support, storytelling is a fairly common metaphor when scientists/engineers talk about how they discuss their research. The attached book chapter includes some discussion of the use of storytelling in engineers¹ writing for publication. I have other data on this exact topic that I haven¹t had time to write about yet.
Empirical research is one way to address the question of what storytelling Œdoes¹ to science Š Thank you for including those references!
All the best,
Mary Jane
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On 8/29/17, 4:05 AM, "European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing - discussions on behalf of Anne Wegner" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Dear colleagues
>Over the past year, I've been investigating story-telling in academic
>writing in an effort to decide to what extent and how I should be
>introducing it in my academic writing workshops in Germany. I know that
>the issue is being debated, and, for those interested, I have added at
>the end of this mail four books and three links I have found on the
>topic .
>In discussions I've had in Germany, I have met people who are for and
>against more story-telling in science (the former mainly saying it is
>making science texts more reader-friendly/memorable, the latter
>generally stating that it is making science reporting less precise). I
>would like to know what other members of the EATAW community are
>currently experiencing in their work as teachers of academic writing in
>a multitude of languages. To start off the discussion, I therefore have
>the following questions
>
> 1) Is the topic of story-telling in science writing being discussed in
>your country?
> 2) If so, is there generally a positive or negative attitude towards it?
> 3) If the attitude is negative, what reasons are being given?
> 4) Do you think the attitude may be related to the language being used
>for writing about the research?
>
>I'm grateful for any thoughts on this. I'll try and put together a
>summary of the ideas I receive and make it available to the group.
>Many thanks
>Anne
>
>
>
>Three books on the topic:
>Schimel, J. 2012. Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited
>and proposals that get funded. Oxford. OUP Luna, R.E., 2013. The Art of
>Scientific Storytelling: Transform your research manuscript with a
>step-by-step formula. Amando International Olson, R., 2015. Houston, We
>Have a Narrative: Why Science Needs Story. Chicago, University of
>Chicago Press
>
>
>Three links on the topic
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>Anne Wegner
>Write English GbR
>www.write-english.de
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>Tel. +49 (0) 2224 941008
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