Workshop: Sweatshop Literacy Movement
Schedule
Fri Sep 27 2024 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC+10:00Location
University of Sydney | Pyrmont, NS
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS PANEL AND WORKSHOP IS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOUR ONLY, AS THIS ALIGNS WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE SWEATSHOP LITERACY MOVEMENT. PLEASE ONLY PURCHASE A TICKET IF YOU IDENTIFY AS A PERSON OF COLOUR.
In 2016, award-winning author and director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement, Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad wrote a highly controversial and widely acclaimed essay for the Sydney Review of Books called 'Bad Writer', which examined some unhealthy attitudes towards creative writing within the Australian literary industry. The essay also detailed some of the practices and skills developed in the Sweatshop Writers Collective, which Ahmad has been running for the past decade.
The session will begin with a panel with Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad and Winnie Dunn followed by a Q&A with the audience. They will cover the importance of self-representation, own-voices narratives, writing through intersectionality, and the importance of craft, education and training in order to develop great writing.
Then in a workshop, Ahmad will offer a Sweatshop-style masterclass, giving participants a first-hand experience of the kind of full-intensity creative writing model involved in being a 'good writer'. The workshop will include a series of creative writing and reading exercises and live critical discussions.
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Where is it happening?
University of Sydney, The University of Sydney,Sydney,NSW,Australia, PyrmontEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
