Extending Underscore Alchemy

McKenzie, V. (2014). Extending Underscore Alchemy. Brolga: An Australian journal about dance 39, December 2014, 35-42. ‘Underscore Alchemy’ is a research project designed to investigate how artists from disciplines outside the performing arts might engage with Nancy Stark Smith’s collaborative improvisation model, the Underscore. As 

Using the spectrum to theorise apparent oppositions in creative writing doctorates

McKenzie, V. (2012). Using the spectrum to theorise apparent oppositions in creative writing doctorates. In D. Hecq (Ed.), The Creativity Market: Creative writing in the 21st century (pp. 148-162).  Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters. The questions raised by placing creative research within an academic context that 

As the owl discreet

McKenzie, V. (2008). As the owl discreet: Essay towards a conversation and Carly’s Dance a novel [unpublished PhD thesis]. This thesis comprises a novel entitled Carly’s Dance and an essay entitled As the Owl Discreet. Although separate works, a line runs through them that might be 

The unfulfilled promise of digital technologies for collaborative writing

McKenzie, V. (2008). The unfulfilled promise of digital technologies for collaborative writing. The unfulfilled promise of digital technologies for collaborative writing. The Creativity and Uncertainty Papers: The refereed proceedings of the 13th conference of the Australian Association of Writing Programs. Beyond the uncertainty of reception 

Liminal space: Postgraduate creative writing in Australian universities

McKenzie, V. (2007). Liminal space: Postgraduate creative writing in Australian universities. Limina Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, Special Edition. Creative writing as a postgraduate discourse occupies a liminal space in Australian universities. A poor relation of a poor relation, it is marginal in the