Our book club decided to keep detailed written responses to everything we read but some members write elaborate analyses while others barely manage a paragraph, and now the quieter voices are feeling intimidated. The written record we hoped would deepen our discussions is actually silencing part of our group.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group learns that externalizing collective thinking through writing can inadvertently privilege certain voices while diminishing others.
“Where Are You with Writing and the externalization of memory?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.