Academic Fissures started as an informal reading group where participants chose, read, and discussed additional theory outside of their courses. It has since evolved into reading and writing critical/creative works and discussing these texts alongside our own ontologies. There is power in storytelling. In the spirit of SCCT’s interdisciplinarity, the memoir workshop will lead to a culminating collaborative memoir/critical essay that will be published (journal, zine, website, book, etc., format to be determined). Together, we will seek to create and archive our experiences in graduate school while also applying the theory we read— and have read— to our own praxis. Together, we will create as people/friends/scholars/future ancestors/thinkers/children/students/teachers: creating space for our ideas, stories, pasts and futures, to take shape together.

If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/ryiLzegPLiJLU1SB8

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Sione Lister at sionel@arizona.edu.