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Trimbur – The Dartmouth Conference and the Geohistory of the Native Speaker

Posted by justin on August 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Trimbur, John. “The Dartmouth Conference and the Geohistory of the Native Speaker.” College English. Jul. 2008: 142-169. T. begins by recounting how the Dartmouth Conference in 1966 served to bring process/growth models of composition to the fore (from the British influence – see Berlin) thereby transforming composition and reorienting the discipline toward process/expressionism. T. adds to the traditional narrative about the Dartmouth... Read More

Filed under Academic Englishes · Tagged with anderson, canagarajah, dartmouth, disinvention, fishman, geohistory, geopolitics of academic writing, history of english, imagined community, kitzhaber, linguistic heterogeneity, linguistic homogeneity, linguistic imperialism, loci of enunciation, mignolo, native speakerism, pennycook, sociolinguistics

CCR601 – FP – 2nd Gen – Anderson

Posted by justin on November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Anderson, Paul V. “Simple Gifts: Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Person-Based Composition Research.” College Composition and Communication 49 1 (1998). Print. This article heralds a new investigation into the ethical obligations to “persons whose words and actions we transform into ‘data’ of our research” (63). There are multiple reasons why Anderson sees a need for this sort of work: Much of the contemporary research and literature... Read More

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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 [...]