Actor-network-theory

Swarts – Recycled Writing: Assembling Actor Networks from Reusable Content

Posted by justin on December 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Swarts, Jason. “Recycled Writing: Assembling Actor Networks from Reusable Content.” JBTC (2010): 127-163. Abstract: Drawing on a study of writers reusing content from one document to another, this study examines the rhetorical purpose of reuse. Writing reuse is predominantly studied through the literature on single sourcing and enacted via technologies built on single-sourcing models. Such theoretical models and derivative technologies... Read More

Filed under Diss Reading · Tagged with actor-network-theory, appropriation, coding, distributed writing, fractional objects, latour, Law, method, methodology, remix, reuse, single sourcing, TC in Wild, technical communication, textual activity, textual coordination, translation

Poulakos – Interpreting Sophistical Rhetoric: A Response to Schiappa

Posted by justin on September 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Poulakos – “Interpreting Sophistical Rhetoric: A Response to Schiappa” Poulakos comes out guns a’blazin in this response to Schiappa’s critique. He notes that in the response he will argue that 1) Schiappa has no case; 2) even if he did have a case, it could not be supported, and 3) even if it could be supported, it would be useless. WOW. P begins his invective by taking S. to task for relying exclusively on philological evidence to... Read More

Filed under CCR634 (AR) · Tagged with actor-network-theory, ANT, culture wars, modernist historiography, postmodern historiography, poulakos-schiappa debate, sophistic rhetoric

Network – Spinuzzi

Posted by justin on October 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

Spinuzzi, Clay. Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Communications. New York: Cambridge UP, 2008. Chapter One: Networks, Genres, and Four Little Disruptions In this introductory chapter Spinuzzi does a lot of definitional work in order to inform the rest of his study. S. is an activity theory researcher at heart; however, he also sees that AT has severely limited itself. To understand and work past these limitations, Spinuzzi recommends... Read More

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music

New Music – 10/13/2011

Of Monsters and Men – My Head is an Animal : Such amazingly wonderful, sweet, poppy goodness from this Reykjavik-based 6 piece. I especially appreciate the omnipresent accordion and loud shout-outs that occur throughout the album. I do wish the vocals were a bit more difficult to get at . . . but I suppose [...]

New Music – 9/14/2011

The Hylozoists – L’Île de Sept Villes: This 2009 effort from Toronto based instrumental collective is based on Paul Chaisson’s book The Island Of Seven Cities. After much archaeological research trouncing about in the wayfarlands of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Chaisson argues that a Chinese presence existed in North America long before the arrival of European [...]

New Music – 8/24/2011

The Dead Trees – Whatwave : A lot of pretty nice songs for late Summer on this release. The West Coast by way of Boston quartet is signed to the German Affairs of the Heart label (who also publishes the work of one of my faves Nik Freitas). So many good LA-based bands working for [...]