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Series: Elements in Applied Linguistics
Writing Banal Inequalities
How to Fabricate Stories Which Disrupt
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2023
Summary
In this Element, the authors write about the everyday production and experiences of banal inequality. Through a series of sections, each comprising of a blogpost written for Disruptive Inequalities, and a commentary from the author on the predicaments they encountered in the writing process, this Element shares, and confronts, the ways we fabricate stories and use writing to resist. It makes visible the choices, practices, and reflections that have led to the writing of our stories and offers the tools we have used to fabricate them, to all those who may find them meaningful to appropriate, adapt, and translate to fight the struggles that they want to fight. These tools are formulated in a way for writers to develop their own methods of storytelling and activism. The authors hope this Element contributes to an ongoing debate on how writing serves banal resistance.
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- Series: Elements in Applied LinguisticsOnline ISBN: 9781009104449Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication: 22 June 2023
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