Open College: Entanglements - Writing the Environment

Open College: Entanglements - Writing the Environment

Entanglements – Writing the Environment is a 4-day course which offers participants the opportunity to develop their writing skills and interests in ways that promote and illustrate environmental awareness, concerns, and sensitivities. Participants will explore diverse issues of the environment captured in writing through experimenting with a variety of writing forms from the glossary definition, annotations, essay, review, poetry, short fiction and novel. The course format will include examination of literary texts related to environmental themes, class discussions, as well as writing and editing practice to texts produced throughout the course. By the end of this course, participants will have a new literary appreciation and increased confidence in writing about the natural world.

What You Will Learn
1. To understand different formats of writing and writing conventions that can be applied to other facets of daily life.
2. To integrate environmental concerns in writing of fiction and non-fiction.
3. To identify and analyse developments in the field of environmental literature through the study of specific works.
4. To develop a personal style of writing by connecting ideas and creating an effective narrative.

Who Should Sign Up
Artists, Cultural Producers, Curators, Researchers, Educators, Naturalists, Editors, Art Critics, Budding Writers or someone who simply enjoys writing

Course Instructors
Jason Wee and Anca Rujoiu

21, 22, 24, 25 February 2022

Entanglements – Writing the Environment is a 4-day course which offers participants the opportunity to develop their writing skills and interests in ways that promote and illustrate environmental awareness, concerns, and sensitivities.

General

Professional

Onsite (CCA)

No

No

Yes