Co-creating knowledge through co-operative inquiry:Using participatory writing to promote inclusion and solidarity within research, education and practice

Our talk aligns with sub-theme 4 by showcasing collaborative writing that empowers diverse international voices, co-produces knowledge, enhances accessibility, and fosters social impact through inclusive, experiential, and social justice-oriented writing practices. This presentation synthesises 12 years of work developing a collaborative participatory writing framework that is in use by the International Network of Co-operative Inquirers (INCinq). In this presentation, members of the International Network of Cooperative Inquirers (INCInq) will introduce our evolving model of collaborative, participatory writing. The Network utilises online technologies to enable inquirers access to knowledge-generation and participatory writing methods. This process spans distance, time zones, professional experience and personal identities. The INCInq writing methodology fosters the inclusion of diverse experiential, practical, presentational and propositional knowledges and perspectives. INCInq has over 50 members, including educators and researchers from 8 countries, and leverages online technologies to enable international research partnerships. The writing framework that we will present facilitates the sharing of power and co-authoring of research. Individual members have also been using this collective writing technique as a pedagogical tool to encourage everyone in the learning and teaching space to share power and their voice. Furthermore, some social work practitioners have been using this approach to communicate and collaboratively document their practice wisdom with others. The presenters will outline our experience of how participatory writing advances co-creation, co-design and co-production to generate socially impactful outputs that promote social justice and wellbeing.<br/>