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In this workshop, participants will dedicate time to working on work in progress or in the early stages of inception. Participants will be guided through identifying common ground among the projects in the room as well as a brief introduction to some creative research methods grounded in writing practices that could help move each participant forward with their writing. This will take the form of descriptions of methods as well as writing prompts. After carrying out the prompts, there will be dedicated writing time to write into the projects participants have brought to the workshop, which will then followed by brief sharing back to the group. Finally, there will be an optional writing retreat for those who wish to continue writing into their projects to do so, as well as to solicit perspective and guidance from the workshop facilitator, writer and geographer Maya Weeks. Please bring what you need to work on your project; the more specific your project is at the beginning of the workshop, the more generative your experience is likely to be.
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Agenda
- Workshop: 9:30am-11am
- Break: 11am-11:15am
- Writing retreat: 11:15am-1:00pm
Facilitator biography
Dr. Maya Weeks is a feminist political ecologist and poet who merges qualitative and creative methods. Her areas of interest include oceans, pollution, and land stewardship. She prioritizes interdisciplinary research and works across academia, the arts, environmental policy, and agriculture. Maya has published and held artist residencies nationally and internationally, and she is the author of Myth of the Garbage Patch (THOUSANDS Press). Maya is faculty at Rutgers University and visiting researcher at the University of California in Davis Feminist Research Institute. A first-generation college graduate, Maya earned her B.A. in Language Studies (Spanish) from the University of California in Santa Cruz; her M.F.A. in Creative Writing (English) from Mills College; and her Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California in Davis. She serves on the board of the American Association of Geographers’ Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group and is a member of the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty. She is a settler of Russian Jewish, Polish, and unknown descent.