SHaME x Winnie M Li: Writing, Researching, and Surviving Sexual Trauma: A Creative Response

On 26 May 2021, SHaME closed its Writer in Residence Programme with a special public panel and creative performance event featuring a distinguished panel of award-winning authors and researchers including poet Clare Shaw, SHaME academics Professor Joanna Bourke and Dr Ruth Beecher, and our Writer in Residence Winnie M Li.
Writing, Researching, and Surviving Sexual Trauma: A Creative Response was the final of three public events in the WiR Programme, a collaboration with survivor-centred arts organisation Clear Lines.
For this very special closing public event, we were joined by an audience of academics, activists, artists, practitioners and members of the public from all over the world. Professor Joanna Bourke chaired a panel discussion in which Clare, Winnie, Ruth and Joanna reflected on the many ways writing enables individuals, academics, and society at large to address the reality of sexual trauma. Clare, Winnie, and artist and activist Juanita Rea also performed new creative work generated during the residency, and finally, the event closed with Clare and Winnie launching My Story, My Words, a free online creative writing resource they developed through the grassroots arts organisation Clear Lines.
We created a Safeguarding Statement for this event, which you may want to consult: shame.bbk.ac.uk/wp-content/up...
SHaME x Winnie M Li Writer in Residence Programme:
Between March and May 2021, Winnie M. Li joined The SHaME Project as a Writer-in-Residence. She is a novelist and activist, who curated an exciting series of panels, talks, and workshops for the SHaME team and the wider public. These events explored the roles that creative writing and narrative can play in how both academics and society at large understand the topic of sexual violence. As a rape survivor herself, Winnie is dedicated to fostering survivor-centred dialogues and founded Clear Lines, the UK’s first-ever festival using the arts and discussion to address sexual assault and consent.
Find out more about The SHaME Project at shame.bbk.ac.uk/.