Co-writing, Co-knowing. Transforming Epistemologies

Our article offers a vision of how collaborative processes of
knowledge-making in an interdisciplinary faculty writing
group can transform professional lives of isolation into ones
that flourish. Central to our co-creation of knowledge are
the practice of storytelling in a critical self-reflective manner and
the elements of commitment, connection and relationship.
Together we have found that these elements provide basic
strategies for managing the isolation that would otherwise
be a significant force in our working lives.
Our commitment is epistemological and moral, as we
commit to knowledge-making, but also to each other as
individuals and as moral agents, to our values, and to bringing
our values into our work. Learning about ourselves
together can enhance our sense of identity and our ability to
navigate limits and boundaries.
Through supportive, intentional and reflective collaboration,
we re-vision knowledge-making as fundamentally social
and relational, and theorizing as grounded in the specificity
of narratives of shared, lived experience.