Canagarajah – Critical Academic Writing and Multilingual Students

Canagarajah, Suresh.  Critical Academic Writing and Multilingual Students. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2005. Chapter 1:  Understanding Critical Writing C. notes that “critical” in academic writing means developing an attitude toward the hidden components of text construction (1).  Criticality occurs when texts are situated in rich contexts and the practice of critical writing can open the self up to new orientations... Read More

Canagarajah – A Geopolitics of Academic Writing

Canagarajah, A. Suresh. A Geopolitics of Academic Writing. Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture;. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Print. The Problem C. begins by telling a story about the politics of intellectual discovery and knowledge creation – highlighting the role of Western academics in claiming indigenous knowledge and non-Western world discoveries to their own glory (and for the constitution of facts... Read More

Tian – Re-Thinking Intellectual Property – Excerpts

Tian, YiJun. Re-Thinking Intellectual Property : The Political Economy of Copyright Protection in the Digital Era. New York: Routledge, 2009. Print. Part I: Background – Law and Digital Challenges Introduction A central tenant of this book is that developed nations have leveraged unequal bargaining power via transnational trade organizations/agreements in order to force developing nations to accept overly constrictive intellectual property... Read More

Logie – Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion: Rhetoric in the Peer-to-Peer Debates

Logie, John. Peers, Pirates, and Persuasion : Rhetoric in the Peer-to-Peer Debates. Parlor Press, 2006. Print. Introduction:  The Cat is Out of the Bag Early on L. notes that this book will consider the anti-piracy arguments of the content industry by analyzing the key terms and metaphors that underpin their claims (6).  In addition, L. claims that he will “interrogate peer-to-peer enthusiasts’ various responses to these arguments,... Read More

Ballentine – Professional Writing and a ‘Whole New Mind’: Engaging with Ethics, IP, Design, and Globalization

Ballentine, Brian D.. “Professional Writing and a ‘Whole New Mind’:  Engaging with Ethics, Intellectual Property, Design, and Globalization.” IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 51.3 (2008): 328-40. Print. Abstract:  This paper describes a new cross-curricular design for an engineering communication course based on four themes: (1) ethics, accountability, and professionalism; (2) intellectual property; (3) design,... Read More