In this informal, one-hour lecture, Prof. Paul Kramer of Vanderbilt University, speaks to his undergraduate students in the course “Writing for Social Change” on some principles and practices to keep in mind when workshopping each other’s writings. He focuses on one-on-one conversations between peers, but much of the lecture can also apply to feedback by mentors and instructors, and workshopping groups. Drawing on his own experiences, and existing scholarship on the psychology of feedback, he stresses workshopping as a mutual gift exchange and creative, alchemical process, in which the non-antagonistic encounter of different perspectives creates conditions for fresh invention.
Watch Kramer’s talk using the embedded video above or this link.