Corbett – The Rhetoric of the Open Hand and the Rhetoric of the Closed Fist
Corbett – The Rhetoric of the Open Hand and the Rhetoric of the Closed Fist Introduction: 1. Definitions: i. Closed fist – symbolized the tight, spare, compressed discourse of the philosopher. In the contemporary condition, the closed fist “might signify the kind of persuasive activity that seeks to carry its point by non-rationale, non-sequential, often non-verbal, frequently provocative means. ii. Open hand – symbolized the relaxed, expansive,... Read More
Matheiu – Tactics of Hope: The Public Turn in English Composition (brief)
Tactics of Hope: The Public Turn in English Composition – Paula Mathieu M. raises a host of questions related to what happens when teachers and students move from the classroom to the streets: “How well do we know our local communities and how well known are we in them? Are those outside the university eager or reluctant to work with us? How prepared are we to go through the process of learning how to understand and respond to local needs? Do we know how to frame questions... Read More
Welch – “Living Room: Teaching Public Writing in a Post-Publicity Era”
Welch – “Living Room: Teaching Public Writing in a Post-Publicity Era” CCCC Feb. 2005, pp.470-492 In this essay Welch argues that writing from a working class perspective (or an adoption of working class struggles against neoliberal privatization) can allow students to engage public writing in a way that rejects the ills of capitalism. She does this by rejecting postmodern, postindustrial society in order to return to “capitalism’s long history” for representative... Read More
Flower – Intercultural Inquiry and the Transformation of Service
Linda Flower – Intercultural Inquiry and the Transformation of Service Flower notes that “guerilla service” in community engagement work (the hopping in and out of soup kitchens, nursing homes, neighborhood/community organizations) without sustained engagement or reflection can be even more violent than not engaging at all. F. notes that often students “find their academic agendas for service and action leave them standing isolated from the alternative expertise of the... Read More
Ganz – Leading Change: Leadership, Organization, and Social Movements
“Leading Change: Leadership, Organization, and Social Movements.” Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice. Ed. Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business School Press, 2010, 527-568. Ganz begins by noting that “Social movements emerge as a result of the efforts of purposeful actors (individuals, organizations) to assert new public values, form new relationships in those values, and mobilize the political, economic, and cultural power to translate those... Read More
