{"id":1207,"date":"2023-09-02T17:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=1207"},"modified":"2023-09-02T17:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T21:36:44","slug":"avoiding-the-savior-complex-in-community-engaged-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/avoiding-the-savior-complex-in-community-engaged-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding the Savior Complex in Community-Engaged Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charisse S. Iglesias<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignments &amp; Activities Archive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iglesias-AAA-contribution.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Iglesias-AAA-contribution.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-a7960e4e-be90-41a4-91c6-41c46bdc6e14\" href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iglesias-AAA-contribution.pdf\">Iglesias-AAA-contribution<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iglesias-AAA-contribution.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-a7960e4e-be90-41a4-91c6-41c46bdc6e14\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignment Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cAvoiding the Savior Complex in Community-Engaged Writing\u201d is a three-day activity to prepare students for community-engaged writing partnerships. Community-engaged writing is a common undertaking in composition courses (Schutz and Gere). While community-engaged writing encourages civic responsibility, exposure to different communities, and engaged pedagogies, the practice does not always value the expertise of communities (Shah). Due to various obstacles, university partners often undervalue and underrepresent the communities with which they work. Obstacles such as the savior complex, specifically, limit the co-constructed knowledge production that community university partners can engage in by developing a server-served relationship. This activity shows students how to engage in reciprocal working partnerships in community-engaged writing to reconstruct the traditional positioning of university as expert and community as recipient, essentially deconstructing systems of power. Reciprocity (Dostilio et al.) is the instrument that helps facilitate effective community-university partnerships due to its function to promote generative partnerships. Reconstructing positions of influence works by negotiating differences and aligning communication strategies, which is important because community partners \u201chave critical insight\u201d and \u201cbecome invaluable partners\u201d to knowledge production (Shah 16). Using reflection, popular articles, and real-life scenarios, this three-day activity describes strategies for students to practice reciprocal working partnerships in community-engaged writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charisse S. Iglesias Assignments &amp; Activities Archive Assignment Description \u201cAvoiding the Savior Complex in Community-Engaged Writing\u201d is a three-day activity to prepare students for community-engaged writing partnerships. 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