It’s about the fun stuff! Thinking about the writing process in different ways.

Abstract

Publish or perish! Publish or perish! The alarm rings out. The academic under pressure to publish is a significant issue in the contemporary academy because of the constraints of what this productivity means and what this pressure to publish does. Publish or perish is an active force because of its permeation throughout the contemporary academy. But we think this force can be encountered and made into a response, positioning ourselves differently in relation to academic writing. In this chapter, we focus on the notion of making academic writing together as a mindful activity interspersed with moments of creative making. The chapter draws on our reflexive thinking with our writing collaborati..