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Insignificant Wranglings
Category Archives: theory
ENG 225 1.F: Ethical Gaming / Gaming Journals
Today’s Plan: Sicart discussion Gaming Journals Homework Sicart Discussion Our first task today is to discuss the Sicart (2013)reading. I want to open our discussion with Sicart’s three elements of moral-ethical gameplay: Because games are objects that are designed for … Continue reading
ENG 420 3.1: Lanham
Today’s Plan Attendance Summer Research Applications Review Last Class Articles Lanham’s Strong Defense Discussion Post
Rhetorical Theory 10.1 / What is Postmodernism?
Today I want to do a few things. First, I will ask you to write in Canvas for a few minutes. I want to get a sense of what you do/not know regarding Postmodernism. Second, I want to take a … Continue reading
Posted in postmodern, rhetoric, theory, Uncategorized
Tagged Cixous, Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, postmodern, Spivak, theory, Zizek
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Listening, Passivity, and/as Ethics
This morning a tweet caught my attention: Loved hearing Albers and Harste speak about reclaiming writing #ncte14 #reclaimthejoy #literacies pic.twitter.com/ifqU0mEdTY — Jon Wargo (@wargojon) November 22, 2014 I haven’t read Albers and Harste before, so I’ll have to track down … Continue reading
Burke, Sophistry, and Ecological Rhetoric
I wrote this in response to a graduate students’ project on Kenneth Burke. I didn’t want to lose it, so I’ll stick it here: Burke shares quite a bit with the Sophists because they both believe that rhetoric is metaphysical, … Continue reading
Posted in burke, ecological-rhetoric, ooo, sophistry, theory
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Latour, Gorgias, and Levinas Take 15
This article keeps beating me up–every time I think I know what I am doing, it runs away. I believe I am finally whipping it in to shape, but I want to make sure the following paragraphs make sense to … Continue reading
Institutional Responsibility
The other day a colleague and I were discussing what to teach in this post-postmodern age, generally agreeing that rehashing the theory-science wars was counterproductive, and that teaching deconstructive critique (as a purely epistemological exercise) was out of steam. See … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary-rhetoric, derrida, rhetoric, teaching, theory
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Assessment from a Poetic Perspective
My wife today sent me a link to Heather K. Phillips MFA thesis project. Heather is a recent graduate of RISD; her project speaks to the legitimation of critique and the ubiquity of assessment at all levels of education. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary-rhetoric, cool, lyotard, teaching, theory
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Foucault for Thursday
Most of my leisurely writing lately has been dedicated to baseball, but I spent some time this morning preparing the following for a undergraduate student reading Foucault for the first time. Her project this semester has been dedicated to queer … Continue reading