A Slice of Fluid Ground

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Cooke, Kirsten. 2023. A Slice of Fluid Ground. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 16(2), pp. 199-213. ISSN 1753-5190 [Article]

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‘A Slice of Fluid Ground’ aims to write-with water; a methodology that is resistant to its instrumentalization under Anthropocentric thinking and the Capitalocene. ‘A Slice’ recognises writing as providing a set of relations; a map for interacting with the world. It opens with a ‘Key’, which acts as a navigational tool for traversing the topography of the text. ‘A Slice’ attempts to construct a set of sited waters in a way that does not reduce the substance to a line (cartography) or a consistent quantity (hydrological cycle). ‘A Slice’ begins with the section ‘Earthrise: The Ascent’ and then descends into watery accounts and locations; a counter-operation to the notion that humans can transcend the landscape. ‘A Slice’ dives into the nuances and depths of water, situating humans as a species amongst multiple planetary actors. Writing-with water traverses personal and fictional narratives, hydrological theories, and fluid topographies.

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Article

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https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp_00052_1

Additional Information:

'A Slice of Fluid Ground' was published in the Journal of Writing in Creative Practice - ‘Ways of Writing in Art and Design II’ Part 1, Oct 2023 that was edited by Lucy A Sames.

© [Kirsten Cooke, 2023]. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, Volume 16, Issue ‘Ways of Writing in Art and Design II’ Part 1, Oct 2023, p. 199 – 213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jwcp_00052_1.

Keywords:

writing-with water, Palegic descent, open sea topography, hydro-mapping, aqueous alliances, queer ecologies, decentering, hydrology, critical-fictional writing

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