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Research-Based Practice for Creative Writers

The violence enacted on marginalized people is met with a poetry of resistance: art and literature as a political tool accessible to the masses. What service do research-based poetics and experimental documentary offer to liberation, memory, grief?

This course is geared toward folks with archival, documentary, or research-based interdisciplinary creative practices. This includes curators, researchers, scholars, writers, visual artists, performers, and other creatives. Through a critical analysis of documentary poetic practices within a Black feminist framework, we will aim to theorize interdisciplinary arts practices as tools particularly for documenting the liberation struggles and the marginalized experience.

The course offers practical instruction around facilitating a practice that is heavily research based. We will explore what specific practices are useful in various contexts, the ethics of research practices, what our responsibility is to the work, and what topics are best explored through this type of approach. Students are invited to take advantage of the generative potential of this course, using the practices and strategies discussed each week to expand on their existing work. Students will have opportunities to share their progress and receive feedback (however this is not a workshop-based course).

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Instructions for Accessing This Online Class

In order to access live class meetings, you must have the Zoom application downloaded to your computer. You will also need a WiFi/Internet connection throughout the duration of your scheduled meeting and a computer with audio and video capability. The information to join your Zoom classroom will be provided in your confirmation email upon registration. Please check spam folders if you do not see this email upon registration. For more information on how to use Zoom, please see our training manual here.

Some classes use a supplemental Google Classroom page. Should your teaching artist use Google Classroom, you will be invited to join the classroom via email at least 24 hours in advance of your class (check spam folders if you are not seeing this invitation). Please note that Google Classroom requires a Gmail address to access the Classroom. If you do not have a Gmail account, the email invitation will be sent to the email address we have on file and will prompt you to create a free account or enter an existing account to join the classroom. If we are unable to send an email invitation to your non-gmail account, you will be contacted by a staff member to provide a Gmail address. If you do not have a Gmail account, you can create a free account here. Should you have concerns about this, please contact a Loft staff member at [email protected] or 612-379-8999. For more information on how to use Google Classroom, please see our training manual here.