Da die Arbeitssprache der DocAG Englisch ist, ist auch die folgende Beschreibung auf Englisch verfasst:

General goals

This group provides a confident and inspiring atmosphere to exchange and share ongoing experiences concerning the writing process during the PhD phase. To maintain this sheltered working context, we place value on being a small group of maximum seven members. The capacity isnot reached by now, but as members go back and forth for fieldwork, our group stays dynamic. If anyone feels passionate about our working group, please do not hesitate to contact us nonetheless.

We believe in writing as ability and skill that can be learned and practiced regularly. We experiment with different writing styles and use various strategies from creative to academic writing in order to reflect on our own writing practices and enhance our writing skills.

 As Laurel Richardson (2000) has put it, we „consider writing as a method of inquiry, a way of finding out about yourself and your topic […]. Writing is also a way of ‘knowing’–a method of discovery and analysis“. We see writing as a strategy, as a method of inquiry that is both creative and critical. 'Writing-as-Inquiry' has emerged as a particular research methodology within the Social Sciences. Writing can be seen as a research practice of foregrounding and investigating how researchers construct knowledge about people, themselves, and the world by writing. It also provides insights into why we are interested in specific research questions. From this perspective, knowledge is understood to be constructed through more personal and embodied aspects of meaning-making. It is also informing views on learning, and in particular, notions of reflective practice.

Besides our regular meetings, where we practice different writing styles and discuss our experiences, we want to invite professionals to support us improving our writing and communication skills. This will encourage us to discover new and innovative ways of dealing with the thinking-writing process as a key skill during the PhD Phase.

Our goals are:

  • Providing a safe, inspiring space to circulate texts and discuss them
  • Supporting each other in the writing process (e.g. writers block)
  • Sharingwriting strategies
  • Experiencing the writing process as a fruitful scientific method

Working Method

We meet regularly every two weeks for four to five hours, depending on the needs of our team members. We read texts about writing styles; we discuss our own writings that have to be circulated to the other group members at least four days beforehand and everyone is asked to contribute with constructive comments.

Members and working title of  the dissertation:

Meltem Acartürk

Dance like Nobody is Tagging You: The Influence of Online Social Networks on Public Socializing Practices in Berlins German-Turkish Club Cultures

Marija Grujic

Serbian Nationalism and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Kosovo—the Intersection of Religious, Gender and National Identities

Mirjam Tutzer

Contested Agency in Development. Colonial Legacies and Gendered Implications in Kenya

Kristina Nottbohm

Feminism and Multiculturalism. Debates About an Influential Contradiction. A Comparison Between Germany and France

Veronika Ott

Contested Knowledge: Representations and Interventions in Trafficking in Women and Migrant Prostitution

Contact

Marija Grujic (grujic@em.uni-frankfurt.de)

Kristina Nottbohm (Kristina.Nottbohm@web.de)