Overview

In times that are rife with complex manifestations of identity politics, writing classrooms across the world are hosting heated debates about what it means for authors to write about experiences outside their own. This book focuses on writing as the act of witnessing when the writers themselves were not present to witness in person. It seeks to answer the questions that come along with these experiences, such as what might it mean to write in order “to watch,” “to try and understand,” “to never look away,” and “to never forget” when the writer is an outsider to an experience? What might it mean to write about others in ways that do not essentialize or sensationalize, and in ways that are as humble, ethical, and responsible as possible? What might it mean to bear witness through the written word while engaged in a constant (re)negotiation with one’s own positioning i.e., to cultivate a condition of critical empathy that doesn’t also have the consequence of creative paralysis?

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Author:   Nandita Dinesh
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9781032688725

ISBN 10:   1032688726
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   26 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction - Setting The Stage Section One: Examine Scene One: The Trials, Int. A Room Scene Two: Int. A Cafe Examine: Allegories & Abstractions Scene Three: To Camera Scene Four: Int. A Classroom Examine: Autoethnography Scene Five: Ext. A Street Scene Six: Int. A Car Examine: Lacks of Understanding Scene Seven: Int. A Room Scene Eight: Int. A Cafe Examine: Visual Aesthetics Scene Nine: Int. A Room Scene Ten: Ext. The Porch of a Building Examine: Banalities Scene Eleven: Int. A Room Scene Twelve: To Camera Examine: Choices Scene Thirteen: The Classroom Scene Fourteen: To Camera Scene Fifteen: Int. A Classroom Scene Sixteen: Int. And Ext. Split Screen Scene Seventeen: To Camera Examine: Unresolved Endings Section Two: Explore Part One: Explore Allegories & Abstractions Text One Text Two Text Three Part Two: Explore Autoethnography Text Four Text Five Text Six Part Three: Explore Lacks of Understanding Text Seven Text Eight Text Nine Part Four: Explore Visual Aesthetics Text Ten Text Eleven Text Twelve Part Five: Explore Banalities Text Thirteen Text Fourteen Text Fifteen Part Six: Explore Choices Text Sixteen Text Seventeen Text Eighteen Part Seven: Explore Unresolved Endings Text Nineteen Text Twenty Text Twenty-One Section Three: Experiment Experiment #1 Experiment #2 Experiment #3 Conclusion - One Last Thing Index

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Nandita Dinesh is Dean of Academic Administration at Mount Tamalpais College and serves incarcerated students inside San Quentin State Prison.

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