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Undoing the Silence – Six Tools for Social Change Writing de Louise Dunlap

Undoing the Silence – Six Tools for Social Change Writing

Autor Louise Dunlap
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2007
This comprehensive and engaging training book helps both amateurs and professionals influence democratic process through letters, articles, proposals, and more. It’s a “You-can-do-it” approach combined with strategies to articulate personal vision and frame messages that are truly heard.
Healing as much as teaching, the author uncovers the culture of silence—how gender, race, education, class, and family values work to quiet dissent.
Since the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s, Louise Dunlap, PhD, has been training citizen groups as well as university scholars internationally in writing for social change. She is currently a lecturer at Tufts University.
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ISBN-13: 9780976605492
ISBN-10: 097660549X
Pagini: 230
Ilustrații: 24 B&W illustrations, charts, and graphs
Dimensiuni: 177 x 234 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: MI – New York University
Locul publicării:Canada

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"Undoing the Silence offers six tools to help us write. They are: The Freewriting Tool, The Process Tool, The Thinking Tool, The Audience Tool, The Feed-Back Tool and The Word-Power Tool. As I read through the explanation of each tool and tried the exercises, I noticed that, by trial and error, I have used some of them when I tackle a writing project. However, my employment of such techniques has been pretty haphazard. This toolbox is a wonderful resource because it includes strategies to help us overcome the obstacles that stand in the way of effective writing. Dunlap encourages us to step back from the pressure to make our writing perfect on the first attempt and to let a piece sit while we do something else to recharge our minds. I have found that the freewriting tool is quite liberating and has already enriched my writing. Another very important perspective I have gained is an understanding of my tendency to write in the passive voice. One of the exercises helped me to convert my passive verbs into active ones. A statement such as "it is believed" becomes "I believe". It may be scary to put my own opinions and thoughts into words, but they immediately become more powerful when I do.

There are many more wonderful suggestions and tips for strengthening writing in this book. I believe every writer can benefit from reading it and trying them out. With the help of Louise Dunlap, may we all use our voices more effectively to change our communities for the better!"

- Nancy McKinney, Gustavus Myers Center

"Undoing the Silence: Six Tools for Social Change Writing by Louise Dunlap is like The Artist’s Way for social change activists. This book kicks off by examining why we often find it so difficult to put our thoughts, ideas, and motivations into words — much less share them with the public — even when we’re passionately dedicated and feel strongly about the issues we’re involved with. On top of our own personal fears of inadequacy that lead to self-silencing, we’ve got institutional silencing to deal with — The social structures that discourage anyone from rocking the boat."

- Siel, Green LA Girl: Urban Eco Living by the Beach

Notă biografică

Louise Dunlap, PhD, began her career as an activist writing instructor during the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s. She trains citizen groups as well as university scholars in the United States and internationally in writing for social change. She is currently a lecturer at Tufts Universiity Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and member of the Cambridge Peace Commission.

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I don't know anyone who conveys more essential insights more clearly and briefly. I can't think of a better book to recommend to people who want to make a difference.
--Peter Elbow, Author, Writing With Power, Writing Without Teachers; Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst A valuable, beautifully written resource, this book will certainly inspire and unleash critical thinking and writing for social change--both for activists who never imagined they could be writers and for seasoned writers in need of renewal.
--Shamin Meer, Activist Writer and Researcher, South Africa Louise Dunlap brings us this elegant and moving book on how to find your powerful voice and understand your audience. Every professional grad school should require this book.
--Ann Markusen, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota With these tools, my ordinary words become a vehicle for change.
--Mary Leno, Eviction Free Zone, Cambridge Women's Commission ...having worked in medical and federal government jobs that required writing in a passive voice. I took Louise's writing course and realized that not only was I writing passively, I was thinking passively!
--Emma Featherman-Sam, Transit Coordinator, Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Transportation If fish had hands, Louise Dunlap could teach them to write! After attending her workshops and classes, hundreds of labor and community activists have used Dunlap's tested techniques to write clearly and passionately for social and economic justice.
--Susan Moir, Director, Labor Resource Center, University of Massachusetts Boston The techniques in Undoing the Silence value the knowledge ad experience of emerging writers. The power of this work is "The Lifting of Every Voice..". the basis of building a real democracy in this country.
--Mel King, Community leader and former Massachusetts State Representative; Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Louise Dunlap began her career as an activist writing instructor during the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s. She learned that listening and gaining a feel for audience are as important to social transformation as the outspoken words of student leaders atop police cars. "Free speech is a first step, but real communication matches speech with listening and understanding. That is when thinking shifts and change happens."

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Practical methods for citizen activists to put their most powerful ideas into words and effect change.