{"title":"An imaginary voyage: pandemic approaches to virtual exploration, embodiment, and creative practice","authors":"Tess Scholfield-Peters","doi":"10.1080/14790726.2021.1980055","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the lockdown era researchers and writers must engage in new ways of working, especially in the realm of field work. On the ground field work is a key characteristic of much diasporic third generation Holocaust literature: place becomes a substitute for experience and a key aspect of connection to history. But when a pandemic hits, what is to be done when international travel becomes impossible? This paper explores the medium of virtual field work: in lieu of an ‘on the ground’ expedition, the writer/researcher engages in virtual exploration situated between documentary material and imagined worlds. Through this analysis I argue that virtual field work can offer a unique, multi-faceted field work experience, and given the similar necessity for imagination as a tool for connection, lends itself to the third-generation Holocaust writer’s investigation.","PeriodicalId":43222,"journal":{"name":"New Writing-The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing","volume":"19 1","pages":"338 - 346"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"New Writing-The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2021.1980055","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT In the lockdown era researchers and writers must engage in new ways of working, especially in the realm of field work. On the ground field work is a key characteristic of much diasporic third generation Holocaust literature: place becomes a substitute for experience and a key aspect of connection to history. But when a pandemic hits, what is to be done when international travel becomes impossible? This paper explores the medium of virtual field work: in lieu of an ‘on the ground’ expedition, the writer/researcher engages in virtual exploration situated between documentary material and imagined worlds. Through this analysis I argue that virtual field work can offer a unique, multi-faceted field work experience, and given the similar necessity for imagination as a tool for connection, lends itself to the third-generation Holocaust writer’s investigation.