Transnational creative activism : writing activism poetry in response to an international human rights crisis ; &, Border walker poetry collection : a thesis and poetry collection presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Massey University, Albany . EMBARGOED until at least 17 Nov 2025.

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dc.contributor.advisorTilley, Elspeth
dc.contributor.authorGeers, April-Rose
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-13T21:50:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-19T02:39:19Z
dc.date.available2023-04-13T21:50:07Z
dc.date.available2023-05-19T02:39:19Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis, I explore, analyse, and demonstrate creative writing, and more specifically poetry, as a means of transnational creative activism. In my critical essays, I discuss key practices and principles of creative activism, as a scholarly field, and expand definitions to encompass activism poetry and short stories, focussing specifically on writing that crosses spaces. In my poetry collection Border Walker, I navigate barriers of geography, culture, language, and religion to connect with followers of the Bahá’í Faith suffering persecution in Iran and to take action for their cause. My understanding of transnational activism poetry relies on notions of: imagination and participation, as developed from advancements in creative activism scholarship and reader-response theory; empathy and intimacy, as an intervention in current developments in affect theory; and lyricism and reflexivity, as a means of finding a position from which to speak. In my poetry and my essays, I reflect on my position as an Aotearoa New Zealand woman poet writing about a people and culture once foreign to me, and engage with the ethical issues and potential consequences of my work. This thesis is practice-as-research with publications and was conducted with approval of the Massey University Human Ethics Northern Committee. The weighting is 50% critical essays, comprising a theoretical framework, literary analysis, exegesis, and craft exposition; and 50% creative, in the form of a poetry collection.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/18249
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectPoetryen
dc.subjectCreative writingen
dc.subjectPolitical aspectsen
dc.subjectHuman rights in literatureen
dc.subjectTransnationalism in literatureen
dc.subjectNew Zealand poetryen
dc.subject21st centuryen
dc.subject.anzsrc360201 Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)en
dc.subject.anzsrc470599 Literary studies not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleTransnational creative activism : writing activism poetry in response to an international human rights crisis ; &, Border walker poetry collection : a thesis and poetry collection presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Massey University, Albany . EMBARGOED until at least 17 Nov 2025.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorGeers, April-Roseen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCreative Writingen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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