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Teaching Practising: Frameworks, Experiments, Conversations
  • ISSN: 1757-1871
  • E-ISSN: 1757-188X

Abstract

This article considers the role of play in the context of creative writing. Taking up Winnicott’s theory of play and Levi-Strauss’s definition of bricolage, I aim to provide a flexible framework that can benefit writers and educators across various creative fields, while avoiding rigid prescriptions of how playing might be enacted. Employing the motions and , and adding to this set the action of , I offer an exploded view of my writing practice which serves to demonstrate how practitioners can map the movements in their own creative process, encouraging a playful engagement with creativity that nurtures unexpected and unforeseen outcomes.

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2023-09-08
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Keyword(s): bricolage; creativity; hesitation; motion; playfulness; teaching design; Winnicott
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