Author Archives: Anna Macdonald

The MA Performance: Society (MAPS) course is technically a low-residency program, but in practice, the majority of the course is delivered online. Students only meet in person once a year, and some never meet due to travel constraints. As a … Continue reading →

Blog forms hold an auratic trace of journalling. They invite an externalising of an inner dialogue, which might normally remain a private part of long-form writing. Much of the writing around blogs (Jordan 2009, Hindley & Clughen 2019) aligns immediate … Continue reading →

Another reason for the blog reluctance outlined in Blog 1, was that students said they wanted to be able to process their ideas privately before sharing them with others. The students’ position countered two key requirements for blogs, the first … Continue reading →

In the introduction to the UAL PG Cert programme, someone asked how much writing would be needed? The reply was, not to worry (equating writing with anxiety?) as smaller written tasks were used to align with the reflective unit aims. … Continue reading →