Blair, Erik ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8660-7660 and Briggs, Georgette (2019) Collaboration at a distance: exploring history, communication, trust and socialization. In: Critical Collaborative Communities. Brill, pp. 29-42. ISBN 9789004410985

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Abstract

This chapter takes a personal narrative approach to exploring an academic writing partnership. The authors are based in different countries (Erik lives and works in the UK and Georgette lives and works in Trinidad and Tobago) but, through a shared academic history and a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous approaches, they have maintained an academic writing partnership. Collaboration can be difficult in the online context, especially when the partners are located in different parts of the globe where there are differences in time, culture and expectations. In this case, Erik and Georgette also have different disciplinary backgrounds (in the natural and social sciences) and have been ‘trained’ to privilege certain research methods and styles of writing. In investigating collaboration at a distance, Erik and Georgette examine four key qualities of a successful collaborative relationship: history, communication, trust and socialization. They argue that successful academic writing is a learned behaviour that requires deliberate action and suggest that, when working at a distance, this is maintained through regular contact; setting short term goals and having a critical friend who can push you in joint and solo projects.

Item Type:	Book Section
Identifier:	10.1163/9789004410985
Subjects:	Education > Academic cultures Education > Academic identity Education > Higher education
Related URLs:	Publisher
Depositing User:	Erik Blair
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2019 11:05
Last Modified:	28 Aug 2021 07:27
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/6454

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