Writing Care Work
Reimagining Academic Writing and Its Support As Care
This article draws on interdisciplinary theories of care to offer writing professionals a new way of theorizing academic writing and its support in German-speaking countries. The concept of care is a powerful lens for reframing writing as a social practice based on relational values like interdependence, connection, and curiosity. At the same time, the concept of care points upward to structures of inequality shaping academic labor in our field. Such a perspective on writing and writing care work invites renewed reflection on questions of growing importance post-pandemic: what structures enable or disable care for academic writers? And how can we build or strengthen infrastructure that helps writers and writing professionals thrive?
Professor Dr. Andrea Scott has taught academic writing for twenty-five years. Her research on transnational approaches to writing studies has appeared in The Writing Center Journal, WLN, and JoAW, among others. This article is dedicated to her mother (1955-2020).
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Scott, Andrea (2025). Writing Care Work: Reimagining Academic Writing and Its Support As Care. JoSch 1(25), 86-99. https://doi.org/10.3278/JOS2501W008
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- Auflage: 1
- Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2025
- Umfang: 14 Seiten
- Artikelnr: JOS2501W008
- DOI (E-Paper-Teilbeitrag): 10.3278/JOS2501W008
- Imprint: wbv Publikation
- Sprache: Englisch
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