On Aug 29, 2017, at 2:47 PM, Julia Molinari <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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://secure-web.cisco.com/1vInAwEUx585ncX7Ofxm1CNwy7OUy11yolOfGEARnGEVQtX-XPgL-niEF0qWMm1g3PoYdHqsW88jeNzN1H0rF8HuUd0wGrlg0inP5_T49W7jFr34NFsRazLp9HVmmBFDCDJ3S_2YtluFFPKKsGhwI2oKu8kMEWBgD4pMKN2zdo3yKc38OFFG8c4ZzVJpA2R4xSQpJ92HUKSgVAykLi4VxgIe8XqHW5xN1QsjwRWpc7PzBB6vfjUURmQQvIFNVjt6d-KlLy2XpXsG_suBFcr0r8lGPg4BlNO_bCLxbQ9J8HhJRoGJOB7RK_KdElyYREszlekEQMfepcc6D1LNDn9hEJ6zINMtcZj12yWbUg61hDZZG-h0TZ4UOYdP_26plwkFM/http%3A%2F%2Fpress.princeton.edu%2Ftitles%2F10769.html%29.

The following blog post, specifically, addresses story-telling in academic scientific writing:

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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
To: [log in to unmask]
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


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