What will this writing group make meaningful for you?
I have reading about 'Decoding and Disrupting the Disciplines' for a number of years but only recently had the opportunity to formally engage with the group. I am a Geographer and the discipline is quite 'fluid' in the sense that we include scientists, social scientists and humanities scholars. This also means that there is often a challenge in how to approach 'bottleneck' concepts. I find it most helpful to work with others outside Geography.
I have been involved with four other writing groups so far: one specifically Geography, two were I was a participant in the ISSoTL writing group and one where I was the facilitator. I found all of the experiences extremity rich and I learned a lot about the topics based on different peoples' disciplinary perspectives. What I also learned though was a lot of skills of collaborating across different institutions, time zones and pedagogical innovation. Being an academic can often be a lonely road and I find the collaborative writing groups to be an incredibly collaborative and supportive spaces.
