The past two sessions we have had on Academic Writing have been a great learning curve for me. I have always enjoyed English Literature and getting lost in a book and I am happy to sit and write blogs and stories in almost a poetic manner, however there is something slightly daunting about writing an essay to a tick box academic format, when coming from a creative industry where we express our words through movement.
Free writing was something which resonated with me as I feel this is something I do naturally when writing. I am not a 'planner' and much prefer to sit with a blank page and see where my mind takes me rather than to bullet point and notate beforehand. I realise this isn't always the best method as it can be crucial to plan, but I think that free writing would be a great tool for me to use as a form of planning, to see where my essay will start to take me.
The SQ3R method Peter talked us through was also very insightful. For example, I realised when scanning through the text, the term 'ethnography' kept jumping out at me - probably because I didn't actually know the meaning of this word and felt it was a running theme throughout. Therefore my first subject to research after the session was the meaning of ethnography. Once I learnt the meaning of this word, I thoroughly read the whole text Peter had sent us and I found it an extremely interesting read. I feel there is a strong correlation between the practice of ethnography and the creative arts, and perhaps this is something I will explore further.
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