Part manifesto, part compilation, this chapter explains how and why the words we choose make a difference to the futures we make. Drawing on philosophy and histories of science, as well as Ursula K. Le Guin, this chapter is about the rhythm in our research writing–for all academics are professional writers.
“Rhythm is not a poetic flourish but an apparatus for flourishing futures.”
The chapter is part of Transmissions: Critical tactics for making and communicating research, edited Kat Jungnickel, and published by MIT Press. A really stunning book, with pull out catalogue cards, copious colour photography, carefully designed pages, and a great many important arguments and writing, this is a joy to be part of.
“You set up your writing style one way, and you make a particular world. You set up your writing style a different way, and perhaps you will make a different world.”
Watts, Laura. 2020. ‘Poetry and Writing’. In Transmissions: Critical Tactics for Making and Communicating Research, edited by Kat Jungnickel. MIT Press. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262043403/transmissions/.
“You set up your writing style one way, and you make a particular world. You set up your writing style a different way, and perhaps you will make a different world.”