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Doheny-Farina – Research as Rhetoric: Confronting the Methodological Problems of Research on Writing in Nonacademic Settings

Posted by justin on May 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Doheny-Farina, Stephen. “Research as Rhetoric: Confronting the Methodological Problems of Research on Writing in Nonacademic Settings.” Writing in the Workplace: New Research Perspectives. Ed. Spilka, Rachel. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1993. 253-67. Print. D. notes early on in this piece that Writing Studies is moving progressively toward a Social Science research perspective. This research paradigm values qualitative... Read More

Filed under Major Exam · Tagged with constructed research, ethnography, qualitative ethics, qualitative research methodology, reliability, research methodology, researcher positionality, rhetorical research, smagorinsky, validity

Bazerman – Theories of the Middle Range in Historical Studies of Writing Practice

Posted by justin on April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Citation: Bazerman, Charles. “Theories of the Middle Range in Historical Studies of Writing Practice.” Written Communication 25.3 (2008): 298-318. Abstract: Recent historical examinations of nonliterary, nontheoretical texts within their activity settings have aimed to identify the historically developed communicative and rhetorical resources currently available to writers and to reveal the dynamics of the formation, use, and evolution of... Read More

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CCR601 – FP – 3rd Gen – Kirsch and Mortensen

Posted by justin on November 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Kirsch, Gesa E., and Peter Mortensen. “Toward an Ethics of Research.” Ethical Dilemmas in Feminist Research: The Politics of Location, Interpretation, and Publication. Ed. Gesa E. Kirsch. Albany: State U of New York P, 1999. 87-103. The authors aim is to “map out significant problems and opportunities that await researchers who want their inquiries to be a resource for individual and group expressions of self-determination” (87). The... 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 [...]