Bournemouth University

Centre for Qualitative Research

http://www.qualitative-research.co.uk

presents a two-day Masterclass
31^st March & 1^st April 2008

Writing Performative Ethnography

with Kimberly Dark (http://www.kimberlydark.com/)

What can participants expect:

• An opportunity to hear and discuss examples of social science performance
• An opportunity to explore different types of writing for performance
• Time to write, read and listen in small, supportive peer groups and with professional mentoring
• Take-home activities through which to grow the seeds of the writing begun in the workshop

 What will they get out of participating:

• A sense of what writing and performative "practice" can do for the researcher
• A sense of how writing and performance can help audiences connect with social science research in personal ways that prompt further discussion and sometimes even action!
• A set of tools for stimulating their own social science creative writing practice
• A set of tools for sharing work orally with grace and ease (basic performance skills, really)
• A beginning to three or four pieces of creative performative social science writing that can be further developed at a later time.
• Experience reading for others

 How this will be accomplished over the two days:

• Seeing samples of social science performance and creative writing
• Discussing views on writing as a practice in social science, methods of reaching audiences, and ways of presenting creative social science writing
• Writing practice in various forms
• Sharing excerpts from the work in small groups
• Performing a culminating five minute creation

 Costs and Booking Information: The fee of £99.00 for this Masterclass includes two full days with the course facilitator, all refreshments and all class materials.

Enquiries and registration: 
Stacey Mitchell
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Dr Kip Jones
Reader in Qualitative Social Science
Leader, Performative Social Science Group
Centre for Qualitative Research
Bournemouth University United Kingdom
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