Shut up & write! A dialogue on community, wellbeing, and purpose
Abstract
This chapter examines how Shut Up and Write! (SUAW) functions as a multidimensional wellbeing intervention within higher education settings. Through dialogic inquiry between SUAW practitioners, we explore how this approach transforms writing from an isolating experience into a communal practice with profound implications for scholarly wellbeing. Our analysis, framed by care ethics and “care-full” learning environments, reveals how SUAW creates nested communities fostering belonging across boundaries, provides purpose through shared intentionality, and models alternative academic cultures prioritising both productivity and wellbeing. SUAW represents a form of resistance to “care-less” academic cultures by demonstrating how care becomes not merely aspirational but a lived practice within academia.
Document Type
Book Chapter
Date of Publication
1-1-2025
Publication Title
Fostering Wellbeing Through Collective Writing Practices: Shut Up and Write! In Higher Education Settings
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
School
School of Education
RAS ID
84544
Copyright
subscription content
First Page
3
Last Page
24
Comments
Lemon, N., Bolzle, A., & Cruz, M. S. (2025). Shut up & write! A dialogue on community, wellbeing, and purpose. In Fostering wellbeing through collective writing practices: Shut up and write! In higher education settings (pp. 3–24). Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003633327-2