Detailed information about the course
Title | Abstract writing workshop (115) |
Dates | 30 November 2020 |
Lang | Workshop language is English |
Organizer(s) | |
Speakers | Dr Gretchen Bakke |
Description | The "Abstract" is a very particular genre of writing that, though rarely taught, is absolutely essential to scholarly life. The fact that it has genre conventions - which can be learned - is complicated by the fact that abstracts are often aspirational. We are asked to write them about things we haven't done yet, don't know enough about, or simply dream of accomplishing. An abstract is thus a very solid form for either a) summarizing in very simple terms something that is intensenly comple (a doctoral thesis) or b) expressing something mysterious, yet desired (e.g. a proposal for a conference presentation). Abstracts also come in many different lengths: 300 carachters, 250 words, 500 words, 1 page, 10 pages etc. yet the basic structure for each is the same. This structure can be learned, and with practice can be mastered.
Learning outcomes: In this workshop:
Benefits include demystification of the abstract as a set (but rarely taught) form of scholarity pplication. Playful, practiced participation - as an abstract - of projects we'd like to undertake, and a clear sense of the difference between a very good and a pretty bad abstract. |
Location |
ONLINE ! |
Information | Date: Monday 30th November 2020 Place: Online! Schedule: from 9:00 am to 12:30 ; from 13:30 to 15:30 The trainer: Dr Gretchen BAKKE holds a PhD in Cultural Anthropology form the University of Chicago. She is a private writing tutor for academics of all levels, from Masters students to tenured professors. She has helped to usher over 200 doctoral candidates through the thesis writing process. She taught dissertation writing at McGill University between 2012-2017 and offers intensive short courses in doctoral thesis writing and academic professionalization - including abstract writing and 'writing for non-academic audiences' - for universities, professional organizations, and university consortia in North America and Europe. Bakke is currently a visiting professor at Humboldt University in Berlin. |
Places | 18 |
Deadline for registration | 23.11.2020 |