The internationally recognized sociologist, gender specialist and prolific writer Prof Raewyn Connell recent released a free e-booklet entitled ‘Writing for Research: Advice on Principles and Practice’.
For the last twelve years, Prof Connell has been running free face-to-face workshops on writing, in various universities and conferences. These were not the kind of workshop that instructs you how to ‘Deliver A Competitive Product & Target Top Journals’ - almost the opposite! The workshops were built on the idea that the making of organized knowledge is an inherently social, cooperative process, and that writing is central to this larger undertaking.
In this booklet, she outlines the ideas developed in the workshops. Part One concerns writing as a practice, its various genres in a research context, and the way research communication operates in the world. Part Two describes the practical steps in writing a research paper. Part Three discusses writing programmes, reflects on what makes it all worthwhile, and points to some further resources that she recommends.
The contents are as follows:
Part One: About Writing
- The nature of writing
- Research communication, the social reality
- The genres of writing for research
Part Two: How to Write a Journal Article: Practical Steps
- The epitome
- The argument-outline
- The first draft
- Revision
- Presentation of your paper
- Publication
Part Three: The Big Picture
- Writing programmes
- Why do it? What makes it worthwhile?
- Some resources
Click here to download the booklet in PDF format.
