The workshop will guide participants to use the written material presented in the Assembly (e.g. research papers, abstracts, program details, or even the food menu in the Assembly café) and develop their own black-out poem(s).  

The workshop will start with the convener describing what is black-out poetry (also called erasure poetry). The convener will present some examples of black-out poetry, showing the initial document, the erasure process and the generated poem.

Following this, workshop participants will be asked to choose a document (e.g. an abstract) and experiment with it aiming to develop their own poem.

Requirements: Prior knowledge of erasure poetry isn’t required. Participants are only asked to bring their own gadget (e.g. a laptop, tablet or smartphone) with access to a writing/editing program (e.g. Microsoft Word). There will be some print outs and markers in the room too for those who prefer to experiment with a printed document. However, in this case, participants will need to work with the documents printed by the convener. If participants like to work with the documents of their choice, then they need to bring along their own gadget or printed documents.