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Nearby, Self-Critical, Ambivalent: Modes of Writing Arab Queerness
1Institute of Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cultural Studies <=> Critical Methodologies
|April 10, 2026
Summary
This study introduces "writing through encounters," a method for creative and critical expression. It empowers marginalized voices, particularly Arab/Swana queer immigrants, to explore intersectional identities and academic agency.
Area of Science:
- Cultural Studies
- Writing Studies
- Queer Theory
Background:
- Writing is conceptualized as a creative act.
- Encounters are defined as affective intensities that provoke change.
- Existing scholarship on self-critical writing and writing nearby informs the approach.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce and explore the concept of 'writing through encounters'.
- To articulate self-critical and creative writing practices for marginalized voices.
- To examine how this method can reframe understanding of intersectional identities, migration, and academic agency.
Main Methods:
- Utilizes a framework of 'writing through encounters' rooted in affective intensity.
- Employs self-critical writing practices and 'writing nearby' techniques.
- Focuses on non-linear and fragmentary narrative construction.
Main Results:
- Demonstrates how writing through encounters fosters creative and critical responses to ambivalence.
- Offers a method for weaving complex Arab queerness in a non-linear fashion.
- Provides a means for marginalized voices to navigate visibility/opacity and academic landscapes.
Conclusions:
- Writing through encounters offers a novel, open, and unfinished mode of writing.
- This approach enhances the ability to reframe intersectional identities and migratory experiences.
- It expands possibilities for agency within the academic landscape for marginalized scholars.
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