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CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Cushman

Posted by justin on November 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Cushman, Ellen, and Terese Guinsatao Monberg. “Building Bridges: Reflexivity and Composition Re-search.” Under Construction: Working at the Intersections of Composition Research, Theory, and Practice. Eds. Chris Anson and Christine Farris. Logan : Utah State UP, 1998. 166-80. C&M identify a main problem in composition research: we are often socially distanced from the cultures we study. Socially reflexive scholarship “is one that does... Read More

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CCR691 – Final Project – DeVoss, Cushman, Grabill

Posted by justin on November 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

DeVoss, Dànielle Nicole, Ellen Cushman, and Jeffrey T. Grabill. “Infrastructure and Composing: The When of New-Media Writing.” College Composition and Communication 57 1 (2005): 14-44. Print. The authors are going to take up the “moment in time, space, institutional relations, and seemingly insurmountable obstacles” involved in student created new media projects (15). The political and institutional infrastructures that allow new... Read More

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CCR691 – Ethnography Readings

Posted by justin on October 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment

From Methods and Methodology in Composition Research Gesa Kirsch and Patricia A. Sullivan Chapter 7 : Ethnography and Composition: Studying Language at Home This chapter provides a great how-to for ethnography. Highlights: Ethnography works in situations where the researcher has epistemic privilege Ethnographers tend to focus on the daily routines in the everyday lives of the communities being studied. 3 modes of ethnography: Comprehensive-oriented: ... Read More

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New Music 8/31/2010

Hello again. I thought I’d share with you some of the new stuff I’ve come across this week. . . 1. Stornoway – Beachcomber’s Windowsill : Sharing their band name with a small city in the North of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, this Oxford based folk / pop outfit create soft songs with [...]

New Music – 8/16/ – 8/23 2010

1. Haruka Nakamura – Twilight : Nakamura is often referred to as a “composer” more than a “musician” . . . which is probably just as well. This album offers feathery, feeting piano/acoustic guitar pieces accompanied by soft female vocals and a host of clicks, pops, and other lo-fi ambient noise. The piano compositions (they’re [...]

New Music: 8/8 – 8/15

Here are a couple of new releases I’ve listened through this week. . . 1. Of Montreal – False Priest: I haven’t been a huge fan of much that Of Montreal has released since Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer? and this album is no different. Though there is some really nice glam/funk/soul stuff on [...]